Re: Hornet status

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

With Radial tires I always shoot for as much positive caster as I can get out of the old Ramblers. I think I'm at about 3 positive on the American. That's a ball park number though as I've set it with my handy dandy home shop Castor camber gauge. I go for as much postive as I can get, then I back of to the side that is the lesser of the two. Then set toe at 1/8"
Camber I Usually set at 1/2* negative, but that's a personal preference for the windy hilly roads arounf here and tires usually wear slightly quicker on the insides with that setting.
  I would drive it till the nubbs are worn off and then have it rechecked if it bothers you and see if they can adds ome positive castor and leave the camber at 0*

Mark Price
mprice@xxxxxxxxxx
Morgantown, WV
69 AMC rambler, 4.0L, EFI, 5 speed 
65 Ambassador Conv, 327 AUTO, Basketcase
01 S-10 CREWCRAP 4X4



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 08 Jun 2005 07:57:35 -0400

>On June 7, 2005 Tom Jennings wrote:
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>> I've got skinny good-quality Nitto traction A/temperature A tires
>> (195/70-R14) on 6" wide wheels; factory geometry (0 camber, 1
>> caster, 1/8" toe) all new parts. Front tires squeal rounding
>> corners. Odd. Usual Rambler understeer but nothing serious, and
>> it's smooth and consistent, no funny noises or nonlinearities.
>> Tires should have all the mold release worn off by now I'd think,
>> but maybe not (< 100 miles).
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>When I rebuilt the front end on my American and put new tires on it, I had a local shop align the front end.  This shop works on alot of older cars, in fact that's all they would work on if they could make money at it as that's the owner's "first love"; anyway, he told me that the factory settings weren't correct for modern tires and he tweaked them some.  To what, and which direction, I don't remember, but I had had another shop align it before that and was never satisfied.  After the second time, it drove straight and handled the best I'd ever had it.
>
>Jim Boone
>Mims, FL
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