[DeTomaso] DICK RUZZIN / Mangusta wheel alignment

dickruzzindesign dickruzzindesign at aol.com
Thu Jul 23 13:44:58 EDT 2009



My car is almost done, newly engineered and built bridges that link the ZF to the rear sub-frame. The new bridges are very well done and look like they were in the car originally.
Masterworks has a great Hunter wheel alignment machine and a very good and experienced technician running it.

I was there for the wheel alignment.  One measurement called the "thrust angle" is very important on a rear weighted car like
the Mangusta, mine is now 0.04 degrees which is very, very low.  My own seat of the pants adjustment was also pretty low at -0.14. (The alignment tech was impressed!)  The thrust angle (now I know this very important technical fact), describes the alignment of the suspension, front and rear, to the cars centerline.  The heavy masses like engine and ZF are organized around the centerline of the vehicle.  Thrust angle is a measurement that shows the car body and suspension relationship. Cars that "crab" down the road would have a bad thrust angle.

Anyway, the same fellow did my C-6 Corvette two months ago and it now tracks and drives better than from the factory, and better than the Cauley Chevrolet alignment.

After I drove away from Masterworks in my Corvette I really paid attention to it and it is much better than it was originally.
I should have complained as it was not as good as my C-5.  Now it is better.

I will get the car back next week and cannot wait to drive it.

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All the best, Dick Ruzzin.
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dickruzzinDESIGN at aol.com  /  Phone: +313-824-0539  /  Cell: 313-300-9558


All the best, Dick Ruzzin.
____________________________________________________________
dickruzzinDESIGN at aol.com  /  Phone: +313-824-0539  /  Cell: 313-300-9558



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