Re: Alignment problems

["Ryan McCarthy" <rmccarthy777@email.msn.com>]

Sorry to hear about that. :-( That really blows! I've been rearended twice
already by old ladies that shouldn't be driving. I wonder if anyone's ever
going to do something about this problem. I hope that it turns out alright
for ya!

BOL
Ryan M

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike VanAmburgh" <vwvr6r@fiber.net>
To: "Scirocco" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: Alignment problems


> I was running -1 degree and was a definite improvement for the autox
> without excess wear on the street.  I set it at -1.5 yesterday and was
> going to test it out this Sunday at the autoX, but my car was demolished
> by a 72 year old old lady today.  She didn't even know what happened.
> She was wandering around like nothing happened.  Some people shouldn't
> be on the road...
>
> Sad day.
>
> -Mike
>
> Shawn C Meze wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:02:34 -0500 "Mr. Eddy"
<eperson@students.uiuc.edu>
> > writes:
> > >on a related note, what kind of alignment specs are some of you guys
> > >using for
> > >street performance/autox.  I'm guessing around 1.5 deg. neg camber,
> > >1/16"
> > >toe out
> > >I'll be getting an alignment at the end of this week so any
> > >suggestions?
> > >
> > >Eric Person
> > >86.5 16v
> >
> > I jst had my car re-aligned after installing potters old Neuspeed
> > roadrace springs. Im using:
> > camber = -2.7
> > toe =   1/16th toe out
> >
> > Works very well for the autox course. For street use id like to have
less
> > than -2 degrees camber. Thats only to plant the tires off the line
> > better. They tend to spin on hard launches which can wear out the inside
> > edges.
> >
> > Shawn Meze
> > 86' Jetta GLi   82' Scirocco GTi   81' "Project Scirocco FSP"
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