>NASCAR guys have been using this method for years. I started in the 60's. A
>friend of mine told me the guy in town with a slinement shop said he could not
>believe it would work. Said to bring the car down and he would aline it for me
>for free. He put it on his new trick $hit, lazer, megabucks machine and guess
>what? It was spot on. We rolled it off and reloaded it and it was still right
>on. After a half hour of drawing pictures and explaning it to him he got it. A
>straight line is a straight line if its lazer or string pulled tight.
>
It still amazes me that people talk about LSR cars like they are all
the same. Look at the wheelbase, tread width, rear steer/ front steer,
straight axle, independent before you even talk about ackerman.
Doug Odom in big ditch
>I've always stated that as a total of 1/8th" toe in... check this thought
>out... ( thanks to Dahlgren )
>
>Take a jack stand at each outside corner of the car... tie a string to to
>the back... and then set it so the string is laying on the back tire about
>mid height... now tie the other end to the front jack stand ( same side ..
>Geez)... and pull the string tight... with it touching the back of the rear
>tire start to bring the jack stand closer to the front tire... once it just
>touches the front of the back tire it's straight with the tire... Set it
>down.... do the same thing on the other side....
>
>normally your front track is slightly less then your rear... so if you take
>one front tire and measure it exactly even... the other wheel should
>indicate the exact toe in.
>
>Man if you followed that you could be a hero...
>
>Keith
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