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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 10:26 am 
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need to get the car sorted out as its pulling to the right realy bad...so ill be getting a wheel allignment done plus wheel balance too.
what kind of camber should i be running on the front and rear???
everything is adjustable not to sure what to tell the people who will be doping this as everytime i get it
done away from any mini machanic they set it up dead straighht with no camber...would be good if i could tell them what to set it too but i dont know.
the cars a daily driver but i want it to handle good but also not to wear out me tyers to quickly???any sugestions???
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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 11:58 am 
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From memory:

Front toe 1mm in or out (trie both see which you like)
Camber 1 - 1.5 neg
castor - as much as possible - in reality 3-4 deg

rear 1mm toe in (needs to be adjusted with shims on radius arms)
camber 1 - 1.5 neg

These are pretty good base settings for a road car. If this doesn't sort it - check your wheelbase on each side - should be within a few mm of each other. If not check for bent or worn radius arms and misaligned sub frames


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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 12:13 pm 
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How is castor adjusted in a mini :shock:


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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 1:16 pm 
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With your adjustable tie rods....


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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 2:24 pm 
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so what makes thge cars steering more sesative????is it caster???
it used to drive realy good but now its pulling ect...plus im running metro hubs and front discs too with ap calipers so my wheels stick out a lot more than a normal copper s brake setup does....was told this could be affecting the way the car drives as ive widened the
track by a lot buy putting on these brakes....car has very twitchy steering too??
would loosing one of the weights on the wheels make it veavey???

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 2:46 pm 
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minifreak1 wrote:
plus im running metro hubs


there is your problem there. Swap these for mini hubs.

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