[DeTomaso] Track ride height

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

make sure that whomever does this doesn't get lazy, you must take it down
and drive it around and check ground clearance
and get a better than rough starting point, etc. before you make final
adjustsment for corner weights and esp before it is aligned.

I'd also use slightly worn tires, not brand new rubber, same deal as above,
anything new won't be new longer than it will be "used".

The weight in the seat and the half tank of gas are important ( why half ? )
the car will be equally off from ideal at full and at empty, best deal
you're gonna get.

Bags of play sand are cheap, work out weights, milk jugs full of water weigh
8 lbs., you'll be amazed how much crap it takes to equal a human in there.

Good Luck

Michael Shortt



On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:58 AM, mark skwarek <ehpantera at yahoo.com> wrote:

> That is my plan to have the car corner weighted and realigned at the same
> time. Had alot of fun at Pocono last weekend and want to do better.
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> --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Track ride height
> To: mikeldrew at aol.com, ehpantera at yahoo.com, "De Tomaso List" <
> detomaso at realbig.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 12:09 AM
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> 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.
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> Julian
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> > 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
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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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