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OK after years of playing with the blade ?
mad-butcher - 6/6/08 at 10:13 AM

After years playing with the Blade on trackdays it's time to put it on the road.
Sooner pay £400 for a mac rather than fanny arse around but, all the crashed chassis's on ebay are being rebuilt.
So
How do I undo all the work I've done to get it to handle, It's mainly the self centring issue, at present using spacers to limit steering lock, do I use sierra valve sorings, 3 mm toe in How much toe out do I need (see piccy for were I've measured from. same point at back of wheel.) caster as per mushroom, camber 1.5 deg in at top of rim.
Any advice gratefully accepted
Tony Rescued attachment toe in.JPG
Rescued attachment toe in.JPG


mookaloid - 6/6/08 at 10:38 AM

I wouldn't use valve springs myself.

I would set the steering straight ahead, set the holes on the mushrooms to the front, set a degree or so of neg camber and see how it goes - maybe play with the tyre pressures a bit.

My indy used to self centre very strongly with these sort of settings.

Cheers

mark


mackei23b - 6/6/08 at 10:58 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I wouldn't use valve springs myself.

I would set the steering straight ahead, set the holes on the mushrooms to the front, set a degree or so of neg camber and see how it goes - maybe play with the tyre pressures a bit.

My indy used to self centre very strongly with these sort of settings.

Cheers

mark


Mine does the same with the above, I've also got 1 degree two out for the SVA.

Cheers

Ian