dont feel too sorry for me. contact with a hill at thunderhill in my old
rx7 reset the toe-out to 1.5" and i never noticed anything odd. =)
these new competition arms, if i ever get them, should solve my problems. :)
-james c
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: kirk <kmeline@fastpointcom.com>
To: James Creasy <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
Cc: Donald R McKenna <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>; Scot Zediker
<roadsterboy@earthlink.net>; <Eljssp8@aol.com>; <Toy4speed@aol.com>;
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>; Jim Ochi <jochi@ricochet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: The search for Jack Chew !
> Hi James:
>
> I am amazed and horrified to hear that about the Cobra. My Mustang's
setting
> would stay the same for 5 years if I let em. I have Custom Alignment set
it up
> the way I want for street and autocross and then leave them alone till the
> street set wear out. I did bend a caster camber plate a little though.
Go
> figure. Maybe you need to use a better caster camber plate or much
stronger and
> higher torqued bolts. Good luck on your new set up. If you need
assistance in
> getting the right attitude for the suspension let me know.
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
> James Creasy wrote:
>
> > it seems i need an alignment every couple of weeks. when a precision
> > machine like my car goes out of alignment by even a little bit, it
really
> > screws this up! (thats a joke too, folks :))
> >
> > but now i am waiting for my new ADJUSTABLE control arms, courtesy of the
> > factory,... no more slipping alignments and broken a-arms. yeah!!!
> >
> > -james c
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Donald R McKenna <donbarbmckenna@earthlink.net>
> > > To all,
> > >
> > > OK, lets assume that Jack is the greatest and is really valuable when
> > > needed. But, why haven't those of you, who want to change alignments
more
> > > than once in a decade, thought about doing your own
alignments-alignment
> > > changes?
> > >
> > > It first takes a spot, that with wheel shims and four marked positions
on
> > a
> > > floor, can be used for every repeat measurement. Now, to do absolutely
> > > "accurate" measurements, you need to "map" the floor positions to
> > determine
> > > the "shimming" required at each wheel location to attain a level
plane, so
> > > you can, repeatably, locate the wheels and measure any changes you
make.
> > >
> > > If anyone's interested in more I'll expand on what techniques, I've
used
> > and
> > > "tools" I've obtained, to do all my own stuff.
> > >
> > > Oh BTW, I'm talking from a position of "relative" strength, having
> > finished
> > > 16th at Nationals and "improved" to 11th at the recent SD Tour
-) ----
> > > this is a joke, folks!
> > >
> > > Don
> > > ----------
> > > >From: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
> > > >To: <Eljssp8@aol.com>, <Toy4speed@aol.com>,
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>,
> > "Jim
> > > Ochi" <jochi@ricochet.net>
> > > >Subject: Re: The search for Jack Chew !
> > > >Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2001, 7:47 PM
> > > >
> > >
> > > >And y'know, it just occurred to me that YOU live in Hayward! Where
are
> > you
> > > >keeping him, Jim? ;)
> > > >
> > > >Scot
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Jim Ochi" <jochi@ricochet.net>
> > > >To: <Eljssp8@aol.com>; <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>;
<Eljssp8@aol.com>;
> > > ><Toy4speed@aol.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > > >Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 7:31 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: The search for Jack Chew !
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Hmmmm....with an answer like that, I think the real scoop is that
Eric,
> > > >> Charlie, EJ, and Katie kidnapped Jack Chew and are keeping him in
their
> > > >> secret garage as their alignment slave... :-)
> > > >>
> > > >> Jim
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> At 10:21 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, Eljssp8@aol.com wrote:
> > > >> >But then it might not. :>))
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