[TPR] Alignment specs

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I looked and cant find my settings but keeping records is something JB does for me ;-)

 Believe I got base settings originally from Charlie Puckett or Erik Belter in Petaluma and then went with Dicks offset delrin bushings to get added caster...

probably Accurate Alignment or MARK S  Or even .Mike Drew or one of the slackers on Forum  for base numbers for comparison.

Call Jon Lundberg at Accurate Alignment and see if he can help...he has or HAD an excellent alignment tech. He also does some work for Jerry Sacketts shop a few blocks away in Orange...his # is or was 714-538-1916

My settings are secret

Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>After having the front end aligned and reviewing the printout from the
>fancy new machines they use, I'm not entirely certain it's been done
>correctly.
>
>Do any of you have a printout from the last time you had your Pantera
>aligned?  I'd prefer a printout from MD or JB as I know they've been set
>up for Open Road Racing.
>
>For the most part I've requested as much Caster as I have available,
>which is about 2.7*.  I've specified +/- 1/8* (one-eighth degree) for
>Camber and 1/8" for toe.
>
>What's bizarre is that I had it set up on an "old" machine a few years
>back and the guy physically wrote down the final readings for me and it
>was within my specs.  The next time I took it in to a different shop
>(without any changes like tires or shocks), and they had one of the new
>fancy laser computer alignment racks.  I got a printout that tells me it
>had -0.8* Camber and 0.43* of toe.  WTF?
>
>0.8 is not one-eighth, it's eight-tenths; huge difference.  And what's
>with the 0.43 degrees of toe?  How the hell does -that- translate to an
>eight-inch of toe?
>
>So I'm all confused at this point and no longer have confidence my
>alignment was really done correctly this last time.  If someone could
>send me their printout of settings they -know- are the best on a Pantera
>for ORR, I'll just take a copy of that in and say "make it look like
>this," and then I'll have the confidence I should have.
>
>As it is, I can at least state that it's aligned at the moment
>essentially the same as it was at last years race based on the alignment
>report prior to that race and what I got yesterday.  But is it right?
>
>Send 'em if you got 'em.
>Thanks,
>Asa
>
>-- 
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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