Can tell you that 3/8" out of square makes for one ill handling car on the
salt.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:29 AM
Subject: Chassis Data points
> I was out there starting the calibration process to determine what I
learned
> at Maxton and realized that this car doesn't have an establishted set of
> chassis data points...
>
> By my definition that means a place I can go and take a measurement and
get an
> expected number...
>
> I have that with the Camaro.. I know the wheel base is 108" exactly
because I
> set it off of the lower ball joint grease fitting and a string on the back
of
> the axle... ( there is some other math in there but for the point of this
it's
> not important)
>
> If I take the rear out of the car or adjust the 4 link or watts link... I
can
> always go back to that measurement and see if anything has changed.
>
> There are many more examples like that... So I guess my point here is ...
as
> we're building cars it seems reasonable to me to establish in advance
those
> points where we are going to take measurements... and if the car ever has
any
> issues we will always know where to go back to...
>
> What do you think?
>
> Keith
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