Project Cheapskate has left the building
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Not cheap, but Darren knows his stuff. He does a lot of set up work for race teams too.inkey$ said:
Previously worked under John Miles, ex-F1 driver who was renowned for his car set up abilities. Worked on the chassis development of the Elise, Evora, Mustang, Vanquish and others.
The Little Car Clinic in Attleborough.
Highly recommended.
Are these measurements oem as the ones I had done last year seem way out from yours. camber FL -0.57 FR -1.09 total toe F 0.19enuff_zed said:Indeed, and I'm very sorry [ref]matcarter[/ref] but I have a viewing Saturday morning and I think it'll go. If not, I'll let you know.Usel said:matcarter said:
Hope you have the next one lined up Martin because I think you going to need a few more projects!
Having bolted on the new tie rods and rear eccentric camber bolts I went back to my friendly ex-Lotus development engineer to get it aligned. The mile up the road was entertaining to put it mildly. I'd not bothered too much with adjustments as it was such a short trip. Well the steering wheel was 90 degrees right and the Steering Angle Sensor got in the huff, lit up the dash and tried to simultaneously operate ABS and traction control.
However, a couple of hours on the Hunter kit and I have to say it is now the best handling, best sounding and 'most likely to lose my licence' zed I've had so far. :evil:
The guy is an absolute perfectionist. When he rang to tell me it was done he told me he'd run out of adjustment on the right rear camber so had made the left match it.
Look at the results for that right rear camber. That is his 'failure'. :roll:
Trouble is................... now I want to keep it.
Hunter alignment.JPG
I'll be honest, not sure.MikeyH said:Are these measurements oem as the ones I had done last year seem way out from yours. camber FL -0.57 FR -1.09 total toe F 0.19enuff_zed said:Indeed, and I'm very sorry [ref]matcarter[/ref] but I have a viewing Saturday morning and I think it'll go. If not, I'll let you know.Usel said:Hope you have the next one lined up Martin because I think you going to need a few more projects!
Having bolted on the new tie rods and rear eccentric camber bolts I went back to my friendly ex-Lotus development engineer to get it aligned. The mile up the road was entertaining to put it mildly. I'd not bothered too much with adjustments as it was such a short trip. Well the steering wheel was 90 degrees right and the Steering Angle Sensor got in the huff, lit up the dash and tried to simultaneously operate ABS and traction control.
However, a couple of hours on the Hunter kit and I have to say it is now the best handling, best sounding and 'most likely to lose my licence' zed I've had so far. :evil:
The guy is an absolute perfectionist. When he rang to tell me it was done he told me he'd run out of adjustment on the right rear camber so had made the left match it.
Look at the results for that right rear camber. That is his 'failure'. :roll:
Trouble is................... now I want to keep it.
Hunter alignment.JPG
I had a long chat with him about it all and was confident enough to 'leave it to him'.
As I said, never had a zed that handles like it!
I did my favourite back road twisty 5 miles in it and realised I hadn't actually used the potential, so I went back and did it again. This time I bottled it long before the car would have let go.
Not now. The car is capable of far more than my remaining testosterone will allow. Probably for the best.john-e89 said:Good stuff Enuff.....keep them on the road....
Until you bin it of course..... :evil:
Mind you, just checked and it seems my little farewell run in it averaged 11 mpg. :roll:
enuff_zed said:Not now. The car is capable of far more than my remaining testosterone will allow. Probably for the best.john-e89 said:Good stuff Enuff.....keep them on the road....
Until you bin it of course..... :evil:
Mind you, just checked and it seems my little farewell run in it averaged 11 mpg. :roll:
Fuel tank leak....always one last job....
Gotta love an optimist.john-e89 said:enuff_zed said:Not now. The car is capable of far more than my remaining testosterone will allow. Probably for the best.john-e89 said:Good stuff Enuff.....keep them on the road....
Until you bin it of course..... :evil:
Mind you, just checked and it seems my little farewell run in it averaged 11 mpg. :roll:
Fuel tank leak....always one last job....
The cheapskate remains in the building, the project has left 
Well done on getting another one back in service, onto the next one
Well done on getting another one back in service, onto the next one
south yorkshire
Great to see a zed saved, must have been very satisfying
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