Buck:
I've tried that positive "toe out" on an MGB, and it is scary. Its a toss up
between relaxed drive-ability and heart-in-your-throat "flick-ability". (and
tire wear).
My car works great in the relaxed mode at between zero and 1/8th in
toe-in.....so I'm happy with the handling. I'm hoping our experiment with
less camber will moderate, if not eliminate, the excessive wear around the
outside edge of the circumference. Its interesting you are at 1/2 degree
negative. I don't think we set it much more than zero, which give us a bit
more to go if it proves not to be enough.
Time will tell.
Dave
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Handling
>I doubt any local alignment shop knows, much less ever followed the
>involved Rootes factory alignment procedures for which the the factory
>specs were provided. (make "Gap Gauges" following the drawing in the
>manual, make a front platform, insert Gap Gauges front and rear and then
>add about 300# onto the front platform and maybe a bit more into the trunk.
>Bottom the suspension on the Gauges and you're ready to begin.
>
> The lesson here is the Tiger alignment changes as the car is loaded. The
> factory estimated a loading (ride height) and provided specs for that
> height. However in the next 45 years springs sagged, rubber isolators
> rotted and countless variables were introduced into individual cars making
> that procedure with it's related specs increasingly inaccurate and
> somewhat obsolete.
>
> I've had great luck by...
> - loading the Tiger as I normally would for a road trip (including driver,
> passenger and all gear),
> - setting tire pressures to 40-45 cold,
> - setting camber around 1/2 degree negative and
> - caster as close to 4 degrees as I can get it with some
> - toe-OUT (no more than 1/8').
> (Side to side weighed Caster should be as close to equal as possible: I
> have off the shelf alignment shims in various thicknesses down to 1/32 but
> at times I've even custom ground shims to even up the side to side caster
> numbers.
>
> good luck,
>
> Buck Trippel
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