[DeTomaso] Track ride height
Julian Kift
julian_kift at hotmail.com
Wed Jun 29 00:09:34 EDT 2011
If you are serious you should ideally do this whilst the car is on a set of corner weigh scales and set it up according to weight dsitribution.
Julian
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:53:45 -0400
> To: ehpantera at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Track ride height
>
>
> In a message dated 6/28/11 13 36 39, ehpantera at yahoo.com writes:
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> > I have new adjustable shocks and now need to adjust their ride height for
> > track use. I would appreciate recommendations.
> >
>
> Very generally, you want the lower rear A-arms to be parallel, or almost
> parallel to the ground (the car slightly raised, with the A-arms drooping
> downwards just slightly, is preferable--if you go past parallel and lower the
> car behind the point where the A-arms are level/parallel with the ground you
> start messing up the suspension curve.
>
> The front end should be set so that there is slight nose-down rake.
> Measure the body at the front and rear of the rocker panels (between the wheels);
> the front should be slightly lower than the rear.
>
> Mike
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