Mark,
I'm assuming the car handled acceptably before the steering rack and tires
were changed. True?
The steering rack change is to help correct the legendary Ackerman angle
problem Shelby's dyslectic engineers built into the Tiger. I don't think it
should adversely affect steering, but I'll defer to the guys who have done
it and know. Same for the sway bars.
My guess is the alignment isn't appropriate for the tires you have
installed. C.A.T. Shop Notes has (I think, I'm not near the book...) front
end alignment settings for radial tires. Add to that Camber shoud be -
according to a recent posr here - closer to vertical than the stock
settings. I think I'd start there.
Tom
' 67 Mark 2
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 9:57 AM, <CoolVT@aol.com> wrote:
> I've made some changes over the past few years and haven't been satisfied
> with the handling. The 2 things that seem different are:
> Pretty bad understeer on curves at 40 mph+
> Car's tendency to want to follow ruts in the road.
> It seems that the 2 problems are contradictory.
>
> The things that I've changed from stock are:
> MG Midget steering rack
> Wheels that were high profile 185 x 13 are now 195 x 50 x16 (front) and
> 205 x 50 x16 (rear).
> Thicker sway bar on front (I think it's 7/8's")
> 1/2" thick shims above the front springs (to raise the front a little
> Softened the front shock adjustment because I thought it would be too hard
> with low profile tires.
> Done an allignment and that seems good.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Mark L
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