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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>I’m definitely a layman but like to tweak things !!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>My car has the 1976 suspension tuning added holes to fully relocate the upper A-arms and I’ve kept that setup. Other than minimal shimming for castor the camber will NOT go to zero ( or positive) and I have about 1 degree negative … I have a unique brake setup with 11” Porsche rotors on adapters and Wilwood Dynalite calipers behind 14” 3 piece wheels. I changed the steering arms to the MGB one when I installed the Mazda power steering. The mounting holes for the MGB arms are parallel so require a spacer to mount them in stock location. I saw a potential ( because my Wilwood brake mount ) to move the steering arm outboard but that would also require the caliper and rotor to move the same amount. I managed to move it all outboard ¼” and with the slight offset of the MGB arm, it’s almost ½” gain in reality. I bolted the wheels back on and it ‘seemed’ to spin freely so I took it for a drive and heard a slight ‘ticking’ in the wheels. It turned out that both wheels had a couple of stick on wheel weights on the inside and the calipers were just grazing the as they are about 1/8” thick. A couple minutes with the grinder shaved off enough and its never been a problem since! I did the math back then and can’t remember exactly but it certainly ( on paper ) improved the ackerman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Maybe I shouldn’t have cancelled my “hokanson’ front end order years ago but what would I do with my free time ?? lol!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>B382000446</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tigers <tigers-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Wood via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 01, 2021 9:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> garywinblad@comcast.net; blance598@gmail.com; tigers@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Front suspension<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I'm far from expert...maybe a layman open to experimenting lol <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I think a lot of guys building Mustangs, Camaros etc still do the Shelby drop (relocating the upper control arm downwards). But, I don't know how it would work on a Tiger, as we run into control arm clearance to unibody issues pretty quickly at the fastener to the rear (if you follow what I'm saying) when shimming for negative camber. That clearance becomes even less when you start looking at dropping the physical location of the UCA. So, the question would be whether the negative camber gained in drop would offset the loss of ability to shim, I guess. But, yeah, the camber curve should improve. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Wonder if anyone has done it?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: GARY WINBLAD <</span><a href="mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>garywinblad@comcast.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>><br>To: Michael Wood <</span><a href="mailto:mwood24020@aol.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>mwood24020@aol.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>>; </span><a href="mailto:blance598@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blance598@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <</span><a href="mailto:blance598@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blance598@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>>; </span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>tigers@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <</span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>tigers@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>><br>Sent: Fri, Oct 1, 2021 9:23 am<br>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Front suspension<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=yiv1610308570><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mike, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks for your expert analysis! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Yes, I never did find what Ackerman is best either.. I heard Doane speak and he said the reverse Ackerman is actually an advantage when you are <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>countersteering (what I think he meant). I wrote a program to figure out how it works on the Tiger. Turns out Ackerman is not really that bad until <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>you get to pretty extreme steering angles, so on a big track it isn't really that bad. And with initial toe-out dialed in it might not be that bad on a really <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>tight course. And because of the fulcrum pin issue, I NEVER go full lock anymore, even parking. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Yeah camber... why did the lowered a-arm trick seem to work back in the day but isn't used anymore? The GT-350s I have looked at still have it. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I know it was bad for braking but so is initial negative camber? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Heavy steering, why I left my big stock steering wheel. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gary <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=yiv1610308570yqt43507><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On 10/01/2021 11:54 AM Michael Wood <</span><a href="mailto:mwood24020@aol.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>mwood24020@aol.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gary, I think you nailed it, reverse Ackermann leads to some funky slip angles and strangely heavy steering, particularly felt at low speeds...the front tires are literally fighting each other. The fact we all typically add wider wheels makes the steering even heavier (both contact patch to move around and scrub radius). Finally, maxing out caster with wedges (which I do) makes it even worse! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The longer MG steering arms help, I've found on cars I've driven so equipped, but I haven't bothered to do on my car. Toe out changes the slip angle and also helps get the car to turn in, but I only go to toe out (1/4") when autocrossing, as toe out also is a great way to kill tires. Besides the poor camber curve, Ackerman is another reason why I run as much negative camber as possible...if the outside wheel isn't technically aligned to the turn radius correctly, at least I can maximize the unaligned contact patch in roll lol. Funny thing, even the real experts I've read can't seem to agree on "Ackermann", because there are so many other variables. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I don't know, outside of a custom solution like Dale's or Hokanson's front ends, of a real fix. I've just learned to live with heavy steering, but if it really is a problem, going to stock width wheels and smaller section width tires really makes a difference. The electric power steering solution has gotten to be a pretty easy deal, but that obviously does nothing to address the underlying geometry issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mike <br><br><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: GARY WINBLAD <</span><a href="mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>garywinblad@comcast.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>> <br>To: Lance Beauchamp <</span><a href="mailto:blance598@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blance598@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>>; Tiger List <</span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>tigers@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>> <br>Sent: Fri, Oct 1, 2021 7:42 am <br>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Front suspension <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=yiv1610308570><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lance, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> There are a couple more expensive solutions that might be still available. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dale did design and make an entire front crossmember/suspension. It fixed the geometry but was about $5K <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>last I heard, and he might have stopped making them. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>People (mostly in EU) have put in electric power steering. It mounts up under the dash so it all looks stock, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>would be great in a parking lot or tight course. Others have put in conventional hydraulic power steering. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Shelby had his guys put in a Miata power rack in his wife's Tiger for instance. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gary <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On 10/01/2021 9:36 AM Lance Beauchamp <</span><a href="mailto:blance598@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blance598@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>So it is what it is, end of story, thank very much for a really good explanation, still love the car. Beau <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 10:13 PM GARY WINBLAD <</span><a href="mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>garywinblad@comcast.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>HI Lance, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Steering geometry is a real problem. Shelby throwing the rack way out in front of the engine was a quick solution. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Rootes didn't want to change a Shelby design... so we suffer today. Doane knew it was a problem but he thought <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Rootes would build a new crossmember. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The problem is when you go around a corner, the inside wheel needs to run a smaller radius turn than the outside. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Toe in on turns or Ackerman geometry is what it is called. The Tiger has reverse Ackerman, the inner wheel turns <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>a larger radius! When I used to push my Tiger out to my slightly downhill driveway it was easier to turn the wheel <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>full lock than to reach down and pull the parking brake... what a great design Shelby! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On a tight autocross course or a parking lot this is really less than ideal... MIKE analysis?? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On a big course it might not make such a difference though Jim Adams said he had to "toss the Tiger like a sprint <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>car" (keeping it jumping and sliding rather than be smooth.. I hear that as...). <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Longer MGB steering arms and initial toe-out is the small solution Dale has... <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You may notice, its hard to turn the wheel at slow speeds, especially with big sticky tires. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>But once you go into a fairly tight turn, it becomes easier as both tires lose contact.. and the Tiger goes straight <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>off the corner... <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mike, do I have it anywhere correct? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gary W. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On 09/30/2021 9:55 PM Lance Beauchamp <</span><a href="mailto:blance598@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blance598@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You say you spend alot of time on suspension Gary, can you tell me how to make the Tiger easier to turn at lower speeds, like 15 mph or under. I always blame the steering geometry, is it all that? Beau <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________ <br><br></span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>tigers@autox.team.net</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <br><br>Donate: </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.team.net/donate.html</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <br>Archive: </span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers </span></a><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://autox.team.net/archive</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <br><br>Unsubscribe: </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/mwood24020@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/mwood24020@aol.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>