[DeTomaso] Bump steer

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Patrick Mical <pmical at patsauto.com> wrote:
  Hi All; I have set up a lot of Pantera, I can get the bump steer at 1in. of
travel too toe out .008 , at 2in. of travel too toe out .007, at 3in. too
toe out .0. the car needs good bushings. Every car i have set up the owner
love it. I set up Walley car, and it ran circles around Hall Burgandy Expres
that had 750 HP. Walley car only had 498 HP. I spent a lot of time on
Walther Group 4 car, That was the worst Pantera I have work on, becuase it
was all ways a race car.
Walther was with me all the time and saw how far out it was, two days
later and a 4 hour alinement it was a different car. Then we had to adj. the
brakes. this car only had front brakes, the balance was never adj. wright. I
set up Jim Wallace pantera and many others they all loves how his car
drive.I have spent a great deal of time makeing the car a better to drive .
Good luck All you pantera owners.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Bump steer


> In a message dated 11/21/06 3:04:50 PM, Dickruzzindesign at aol.com writes:
>
> << To check for correct position of the tie rods, are they supposed to be
> horizontal when the car is sitting under normal load? >>
>
> Yes- in the cars I'm familiar with, the tie-rods are set parallel to the
> ground while the car is static but loaded as it will be when a driver is
aboard.
> And as Carroll Smith has said, 'bump-steer cannot be totally corrected on
any
> car, only minimized'. To me, this means measure first, then correct the
parts.
> Then measure again and repeat until you get tired or run out of parts or
> energy. To my knowlege, there's no quick-fix and no single solution,
especially on
> a street car where it may not really matter all that much. FWIW- J DeRyke
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