grannyknot Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share #541 Posted August 17, 2017 6 hours ago, Captain Obvious said: So if you throw a couple washers in there, are you going to take it back to the rack again before the track day and make sure we know what we're doing? No, I'll just take it for a high speed run and see how it feels, Whitehead has a set of T3 T/C rods on the shelf that we will install next week while it is on the alignment rack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 18, 2017 Share #542 Posted August 18, 2017 Here's to hoping it's smooth and stable sailing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 18, 2017 Share #543 Posted August 18, 2017 6 hours ago, Mark Maras said: Cap'n, should you want to give it a try, www.circletrack.com has a write up on the subject of alignment using strings. Looked quite interesting when I read it a few years ago. Thanks Mark. I'll take a look. I've read a bunch of stuff on the subject, but I'm not sure that one made my radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240260280 Posted August 18, 2017 Share #544 Posted August 18, 2017 not enough caster can make it a squirelly .... careful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share #545 Posted August 18, 2017 So here is .4" or 1 degree of washers on the T/C rod to move the left side strut out to about 3 degrees of caster, after installation the car handled well at high speed and felt predictable. Just enough thread left, Had to get creative to find enough room to get my fingers in there and start the nut down the threads, also had to get my biggest clamp out to squish the bushings enough. Thread locker was squirted on after the nut was torqued.Also changed out the original rubber steering joint for a solid nylon one, I'm ready for the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240260280 Posted August 19, 2017 Share #546 Posted August 19, 2017 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 19, 2017 Share #547 Posted August 19, 2017 Agreed! Excellent! So was there a noticeable difference before and after the caster change? I know you have been hunting a couple gremlins. Did this take care of one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share #548 Posted August 19, 2017 7 hours ago, Captain Obvious said: Agreed! Excellent! So was there a noticeable difference before and after the caster change? I know you have been hunting a couple gremlins. Did this take care of one of them? There was a noticeable difference but I also did the nylon steering puck change at the same time as the caster change so when I did the next test drive all I could really perceive was "just a better feel." While I'm at the track tomorrow I'll try to find one of the older racers and see if he will take my car out for a lap or two and give me some feedback. Already have a few small scratches on the rockers from gravel being thrown up by the tires so applied some 3m protective film to the lower sections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240260280 Posted August 20, 2017 Share #549 Posted August 20, 2017 You changed the "Caster" of rocks angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grannyknot Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share #550 Posted August 20, 2017 Well my driving season is over for the year, I guess I was just having too much fun at the track, think I spun a bearing on the crank, really horrible sound. Everything was great, car was performing perfectly, brakes were holding up and I even passed a Viper. Then that sound happened so limped off the track and called the flatbed. Hopefully I will be able to save the crank, I'll let you know when I crack it open. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240260280 Posted August 21, 2017 Share #551 Posted August 21, 2017 bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted August 21, 2017 Share #552 Posted August 21, 2017 Wow. That really stinks! Here's to hoping it wasn't really something that serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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