Looking good Jared! You guys do nice work...keep it up! Will be watching for further updates.
Sean's 78 Camaro Z28
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I hope my son never sees pictures of this car, because He will bug me about trying to find one like it every day.
The Caster numbers should be good. The higher the better for tracking straight, but the wheels start flopping around when you turn if you go too high.
The Caster numbers should be good. The higher the better for tracking straight, but the wheels start flopping around when you turn if you go too high.
Opie Knievel
Rum Fueled Midnight Mechanic and Moderator
Well, the Monte is in the garage patiently waiting on me to get some money rounded up to start working on it. With Spring time just around the corner hopefully I'll be able to get out and make some money. Lately I've been working around the house trying to get a few things done and the wife bought an almost new Malibu. One of the reasons she bought a new car is so I wouldn't have to work on it all the time like her last car. The bad part is that the payments on the new car are taking up the money that could have partially went towards parts for the Monte Carlo. Hopefully in the next few months I can get started on the Monte again.
I've been meaning to catch up on your Grand Prix thread too. You're definitely motivated and active in this hobby. Keep up the good work.
My buddy has one if you want one: 71 Z28, aluminum 5.7 LS/T56, black with white stripes- nice car.
Opie Knievel
Rum Fueled Midnight Mechanic and Moderator
How much compression travel do you have?....that will tell you how much negative chamber you want. The less travel the more static neg chamber you should have. The more compression travel you have the more negative chamber you'll get so with less travel you want more chamber so on a corner your tire contact pressure will be more evenly distributed and won't try to roll over.
the best way to check the chamber you have at full compression is to remove the spring and shock but since it's a street car you can set it up the way your think it'll work and then put some chalk on the side wall from about 2" and down to the edge of the tread on a front tire and take it for a test ride. That will tell you if the tire is rolling over in a corner. Another thing you can do is to use a laser thermometer and look at the inside, middle and outside thread temps to see if the tire is riding too hard on the inside with the negative chamber settings.
