Hey, is there an echo on here?
I asked the same thing in February about my black '01 Miata. I'll
summarize:
Go see Jack Chew in Oakland (now in Hayward). He da' man. If you
drive a Miata, he'll set you up right. Barry Spencer, also in
Hayward, has built a wicked fast (and nationally competetive EMod
turbo rotary Europa, so he might know a thing or two about racing
alignments. He's done some of the SFR Miatas, too. Custom Alignment
in Mountain View is also very good and has all the fanciest equipment,
but they also charge more.
I went all the way up to see Jack in Oakland. Three other unnamed SFR
autocrossers were already there having their cars worked on. Jack
confessed that he hadn't done many Miatas with the 2nd generation
chassis and that the optimal camber seemed to be different than on the
1st generation cars, so he gave me his best guess. It cost $75. It
seems to handle a little better now. At the very least, I no longer
have toe out on one side and toe in on the other in back! The factory
tolerances, well...they're pretty tolerant.
On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 08:36:13PM -0700, Loughmiller, Scott wrote:
> OK, I've been thinking about getting my '01 Miata aligned
> since there's a nasty rumor going around that the factory
> alignment is not setup at all for autocross. Anyway, should
> I take it to Jack, or is there anyone closer (I live in
> Mountain View), that can do a good job?
>
> -Scott
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Smokerbros@aol.com [mailto:Smokerbros@aol.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 17:08
> > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: The alignment pimp speaks! (Jack Chew found!!)
> >
> >
> > I have found Dr. Jack Chew, Automotive Chiropractor!
> >
> > He's at Motorsport Techniques, 1410 W. Winton in Hayward.
> > (510) 783-8383
> > Hours: 9:30-6:00 Mon.-Fri., 10:00-6:00 Sat.
> >
> > He just got his alignment rack up and running, and is ready
> > to perform
> > autocross alignments.
> >
> > Charlie Davis
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