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Re: Camaro setup

To: kturk@ala.net, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Camaro setup
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:17:29 -0800 (PST)
Thanks, I'll print this and give it too the front
end guy.

Dick

--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Camaro has 5.9 degrees of caster and the Camber
> is at 0 I think.... very
> little toe in at speed..... maybe 1/8th of an
> inch....
> 
> K
> 
> ----------
> > From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Camaro setup
> > Date: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:11 PM
> > 
> > --- Keith,
> > I know you had your control arms modified, I
> > remember the comments about "certified
> welder" or
> > something like that, but, how much caster are
> you
> > running.  I'm going to get mine aligned again
> > next week.  I changed out the upper control
> arm
> > this time, (which the guy told me was a
> little
> > bent but not so bad that he thought it would
> > hurt) and I'm replacing all bushings with
> > urethane. I also dropped the rear end down a
> > bunch and that in itself would be enough to
> > change the front end caster.  I know when I
> went
> > through this line of questioning the first
> time I
> > got everything from 4 to 22 degrees from
> > different racers, and each seemed to work for
> > that car.  Since your in a Camaro too, I
> figured
> > I'd try to get close to what you run. Do you
> have
> > any idea what the standard street setting is
> for
> > that?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > =====
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> > In East Texas
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