The other thing that makes a difference is wheel type (wire or disc). Wire
wheels provide about 2 inches more track at the rear than disc wheels, but
only about 1/2 an inch (from memory) at the front. Also from memory, I think
the change in front tracks occurred with the S4. I will check this in the SF
Page manual tonight
cheers
Vic
Paul Heuer wrote:
> Sorry, I didn't explain very well. All (series) Alpines are wider track
> front than back, yes.
>
> S5 Alpines have a wider front track than the front track of a S2. ie
> with the same wheels & tyres fitted to the front of both a S5 and a S2,
> there will be less clearance to the body work on the S5.
>
> Sorry again for the confusion.
> Cheers,
> Paul.
>
> Brent Kasl wrote:
> >
> > I was always under the impression that all Alpines, including the early
> > S2, had a wider track in the front than the back. One can tell when
> > driving and having an observer from behind tell you your frame is
> > incorrect because of the tracking. Is it possible to space the rears so
> > they track evenly, or would this through handling off? Brent
> >
> > Paul Heuer wrote:
> >
> > > John,
> > > Series 5 will have a slightly wider track at the front than the early
> > > cars (I'm not sure when the change happened, can anyone else help?).
> > > It's not much wider, between 1/4 to 1/2 an inch I think, but it may be
> > > significant given that there is not a lot of clearance to play with on
> > > the front of an Alpine with 6" rims fitted.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Paul.
> > > S3 ST
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