Filled the tank and did further adjustments.
Here is where I am now:
Front: 132mm to center t-bar fenders 24.75 +/-
Rear: 259mm to center t-bar fenders 24.0 +/-
Based on some things I read, and after speaking with Matt DeMaria I'm going to raise the car back up. (This low is way more track setup then I want and I can't get my front camber less than -1.3 deg. without egging out the adjustment holes. I also found that the front a-arms were angled up twards the wheels which I read throws the suspension out of wack as it compresses further. This low should only be with spindles raised and more bump steer than the weltmeister washers.
I'm going to raise back up to where the Center line of the wheel and the rear Toe bar are the same. This will be 16mm below euro height. (I'm now 55 mm below euro height.)
I learned a few things in this go-arround:
I bought a water level at Home Depot which beeped when level. This gimmic might be ok for deck building, but my home made setup was substantially more precise and reliable.
I also bought a digital level from Sears (Simular to many sold these days.)
I found in the documentation that the digital part is accurate to 0.1 degrees while the bubble and vial is accurate to 0.029 degrees. For setting camber I calculated the size of some gauge blocks which I plan to attach to the top of bar I made to span from the bottom of the wheel to the top of the wheel.
Measuring points are 16.75 apart on the rim so 1 degree will need a guage block 7.43mm. 0.1 deg = 0.0743mm
I won't get that precise, but I think it will be more precise than the 0.1 deg on the digital scale. (I don't like the fact that I can move the digital level quite a bit before getting a change in the digital level reading.)
I wonder if the smart racing camber gauge is more precise? Does it have specifications in the book?
I also calculate 1 deg rake using the rubber strip on my rocker. It's 58.5" at the bottom so 1 deg rake is 25.93 mm, just a hair over an inch. I couldn't get a good flat spot on the door sills nor reliable readings on the digital level.
How do you guys measure rake? Is the rake measurment more important than keeping the factory delta between the front and rear torsion bar heights?
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Thanks! WCM (Bill)
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