tom_loughlin
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 posted on 1/10/05 at 04:32 PM |
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?Camber?
Hi Guys, is there a best way of setting up the front end - a rough guide to toe in, camber etc.. setup would be great.
with the front wheels in line (by eye) with the rears, the steering had no self centering, and was requiring effort to hold the car in a straight
line, with loads of toe out (if thats what its called \-/) it wants to crab to the left all the time.
any help would be very much appreciated, or any info to use as a starting point.
thanks
Tom
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Hellfire
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| posted on 1/10/05 at 04:37 PM |
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You should really calculate it properly... you could get camber gauges or if you know anyone with some....
Toeing is just as easy - though they are related... as one slightly affects the other depending on load.
I have a folder with the Physics of racing if your interested? I'll be placing it on our website when I get chance.
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ernie
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| posted on 1/10/05 at 07:00 PM |
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look up des and al racing they have camber & toe table with easy guide, camber approx 1.5 toe neutral on my race car
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britishtrident
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| posted on 1/10/05 at 07:25 PM |
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Camber dosen't need any special tools to set accurately --- a bit of trig a 2 foot spirit level and some shims made from thin plywood is all
you need --- or if you want to go hi-tech and measure super accurately digital spirit level which will give readings to 1/100 of a degree.
For toe-in you need some sort of gauge --- for get about planks bits of string and chalk lines, they might be accurate enough for aligning the front
and rear axles to the car cl but no way are they any use for setting toe. For real accuracy optical gauges based on the old Dunlop design are the
best but cost anything up to 600 pounds. Sooner or later expect to see these imported from China at a much lower price but for now they aren't
a DIY tool.
Alternatively a much cheaper but very accurate tool is something called the Gunson "Trakrite" which measures wheel side thrust rather
than measuring toe-in directly. This method has been used since the 1920s and is well proven.
Another method is to use a trammel bar (often seen advertised in classic car mags) ok for a 1920 Morris Oxford but not really practical with a
Locost.
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smart51
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| posted on 1/10/05 at 08:50 PM |
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frost.co.uk do a camber gauge for about £12.00
A U shaped piece of plywood and a ruler can be used to measure toe in / out.
You could always take it to a garage to have it measured on a machine.
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Rorty
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| posted on 2/10/05 at 05:45 AM |
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Most camber and toe gauges work off the outer wheel rim or even the tyre sidewall. That's fine if you're sure the wheel isn't
buckled and your tyre is seated 100%.
The best area to measure toe is the area that contacts the road; the tyre centre line.
If you jack the front of the car up and then spin each wheel and hold a sharp bit of chalk or a white marker pen against the centre of the tyre, you
can then lower the car again and measure across the front vs rear of the tyres to get the amount of toe. More accurate than bits of string and not as
expensive as an optical gauge.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
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