[DeTomaso] Alignment Questions

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/3/09 12:43:54 AM, artstephens at verizon.net writes:

> The car has Aldan coil over shocks,  rubber bushings and the tires will 
> soon be 235/40-17 and 285/40-18.  The sway bars are still stock but the 
> springs are 400 pounds in front and 750 in the rear. 
> 
Years ago, I set Judy's '72 Pantera up with 1/32" toe in (frt AND rear), 
4-1/2 degrees of caster (tilted towards the cabin), 1 degree of camber (tilted 
in towards the center of the car frt AND rear) with 245-50 front tires on 
8" wide Campys (almost zero scrub radius), 5/16" thick bump-steer spacers 
under the rack mounts, all poly bushings and and Koni gas shocks (set on '3' of 
5 possible damping), softer than stock aftermarket springs (due to the 500+ 
lbs removed) & larger than stock anti-swaybars also poly mounted with 
sphere-balls on both ends. The car drives well, is heavier steering than stock in 
parking lots but handles curves very well & is wonderfully stable on the 
road- all the way up to 150 where the driver lifts. On the road I use 40 psi 
frt and 44 psi rear tire pressures; on track, I use up to 50 psi frt & 55 
rear tire pressures, as needed.
Most of these settings cannot be reached without modifying or replacing 
various stock parts and requires a balanced chassis & corrected rear 
suspension. Once done, they minimize tire wear with better than stock handling; even 
better handling will use more camber and toe frt & rear, with more tire wear. 
  Good luck- J Deryke



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