[Spridgets] Alignment plates from Horrible Fright

Ron Soave soavero at yahoo.com
Wed May 28 19:04:41 MDT 2008


Somewhere in Wisconsin, Dave Grandeffo is
salivationg....

--- John Caffrey <jdc6 at Lehigh.EDU> wrote:

> Lester wrote:
> > Ok, since I am in the process of setting up my
> Formula S car (Which 
> > generally falls into the Formula V class) what
> numbers are you using?  
> > Just curious..
> >
> > Lester
> >
> Lester,
> Fomula S is a catch-all class, but I assume you're
> talking about a F1st 
> with a 1600cc engine? Even they are different from a
> vee because of ball 
> joint front axle beam, longer wheelbase, wider rear
> track, and different 
> wheel offsets. Not everyone in vees runs the same
> settings either, and 
> you have to find out what your car wants. On my car
> up front, I would 
> use 5 deg. caster, 1-3/4 deg camber/wheel, and 1/8"
> total toe out w/ 
> parallel steering, and in the rear, 1/32" toe
> in/wheel, zero roll steer 
> or as close to that as possible, -6 deg total
> camber, and -1.5 deg total 
> camber in droop. I would change front toe to adjust
> for a turn-in 
> problem, and rear camber and droop to achieve
> balance.
> John
> Fogelsville, PA


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