[DeTomaso] Alignment Specs.....revisited

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Thu Aug 4 21:00:38 EDT 2011


In a message dated 8/4/11 8 06 19, cengles at cox.net writes:


> Me thinks that you have some problems. The tendency to wander back and 
> forth at speed is disconcerting. Based on the specs that you say your 
> alignment shop used to set up the car, the aligment may be correct to their specs, 
> but I think that their reference is *way* off.
> If I read it correctly, they say you should have a front caster from -0.1 
> to +0.1. If so that itself could be the biggest part of your current 
> problems. Panteras need all the *positive* caster that they can get and what they 
> have set up is laughably puny.
> 

Rob brain-farted and got caster and camber mixed up when he sent his post.  
 The specs that the shop provided are correct, IF you swap the words 
'caster' and 'camber'.

Front camber is -0.1 to +0.1, front caster is 2.3 to 3.3.

Mike


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