Gezza
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 07:27 AM |
|
|
Ive been set up!
Went to procomp yesterday to get my indy set up by Matt & Ivan, what a day, left home at 4 45 am and did not get home till 10pm (m6 traffic) they
went through everything camber, caster, track (front and rear) thrust alignment, dampers (all on dyno), corner weights ect. I could not believe how
far out a car could be!! considering the chassis is built on an accurate jig. had to shim rear hubs to get rear wheels in line with the car, it was
like it had rear wheel steer!! anyway all sorted now.
I would like to say a very big thakyou to both Matt and Ivan for thier efforts and such great attention to detail, they really do a brilliant job and
have a wealth of experience as well as a great sense of humour, i want to be their apprentice!
Hopefully now when we go on a track day we will have half a chance of staying on the track.
Once again Matt and Ivan thankyou very much for your hospitality and a great job well done!
Regards gerry
|
|
|
|
|
ruskino80
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 07:30 AM |
|
|
have you had chance to try it out yet? or are you not road legal?
|
|
|
Gezza
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 07:35 AM |
|
|
Hi, not tried yet but will be out for a blast today at some point, the car was not good to drive hard before , no feeling and twitchy, cant wait for a
track day
It is road legal now after sva its taken 8 weeks for log book etc to come trhough but managed to get age related plate now.
gerry
|
|
|
ruskino80
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 07:42 AM |
|
|
hope it drives well and also what tyre pressures are you running?
|
|
|
Gezza
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 07:54 AM |
|
|
Thats an interesting point, Matt seems to think that they should be about 28psi for road and about 22 hot for track if i remmember correctly, this
depends alot on what tyres are used due to side wall flex ect, normal road tyres have more flex so need to run higher press than track tyres, i think
thats right but stand corrected.
gerry
|
|
|
ruskino80
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 07:58 AM |
|
|
i am running 195/60/15 toyo tr1 proxes
pressures are 18 rear and 12 yes 12 on front-this is where my car feels best and i have no tyre wear issues at all
any higher pressure and it starts to feel real skittish.
|
|
|
Gezza
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 08:04 AM |
|
|
I dont think its down to wear so much as heat created by low pressure will keep increasing the pressure rather than warming up to temp and maintaining
a constant press if that makes sense.
low pressure = more side wall movement that = heat and more press and so on.
but higher press = tyres warm up a keep even temp = steady pressure. i think.
I will have to try with diff pressures to see what is going to work.
gerry
|
|
|
Jubal
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 08:49 AM |
|
|
Did you get any print outs etc showing how it's now set up? I'd be interested to see that. Here's mine by way of swapsies.
 
Rescued attachment blink.jpg
|
|
|
Steve Lovelock
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 09:18 AM |
|
|
Hi,
I am planning on having my Leugo set up professionally when iit is finished and was unsure how much something like this would cost. Would you mind
telling me how much you paid for it please?
Regards
Steve
|
|
|
short track 123
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 09:48 AM |
|
|
Hello Jubal
I see the caster is different from left to right is there a reason for this?
Or is the set up sheet before any changes.
Regards
Jason
|
NOTE:This user is registered as a LocostBuilders trader and may offer commercial services to other users
|
omega0684
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 10:37 AM |
|
|
hi there buddy,
sounds like you had a very productive day getting the car set up, i will soon have my car back on the road and i want mine set up professionally as
well,
my question is the same as steve lovelock's,
how much does a professional set up like that cost? (if you dont mind us asking?)
all the best
Alex
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
|
|
|
Gezza
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 11:32 AM |
|
|
Hi chaps, have got all readings written down for me but dont know how to get them on here, the cost for the day was £260 but included in that was some
new springs for the rear and lunch from mrs procomp, wasnt i lucky.
gerry
|
|
|
OX
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 12:26 PM |
|
|
they did my car and it made a world of difference on the road and it felt great on the track but just as the tyres got warm i made a nice hole in my
engine so i didnt really get chance to give it full beans .deffo worth having the car set up
|
|
|
Paradoxia0
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 01:52 PM |
|
|
Anyone know anywhere local to Spalding/Peterborough who can setup my Viento properly. It drives but I think it would be set up better!
Mark
|
|
|
MikeRJ
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 05:46 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Gezza
Hi chaps, have got all readings written down for me but dont know how to get them on here, the cost for the day was £260 but included in that was some
new springs for the rear and lunch from mrs procomp, wasnt i lucky.
gerry
When you consider that that money would buy you 2 1/2 hours labour from a bunch of monkeys in some main dealers, it's an absolute bargain to get
that level of service from someone so experienced.
|
|
|
ernie
|
| posted on 21/3/08 at 06:10 PM |
|
|
You can't go wrong with Matt & Ivan as you say lots of work and lots of advice. The same at any 750 club race day always ready to offer
advice and help. my race car was £175 in 2006 and well worth it (do I get discount net time Matt?)
|
|
|
Jubal
|
| posted on 22/3/08 at 04:44 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by short track 123
Hello Jubal
I see the caster is different from left to right is there a reason for this?
Or is the set up sheet before any changes.
Regards
Jason
It's not adjustable. I guess chassis/wishbone "tolerances" account for the difference between sides. If anyone knows what the ideal
is for a track biased Indy I might have some new bones made up.
|
|
|
Gezza
|
| posted on 23/3/08 at 11:09 AM |
|
|
Hi Jubal, after my incident at oulton and repairs, the drivers side is now 7.687 deg which is apparently ok and the pass side is 3.375 deg. I now have
to mod pass side top wishbone to match!! Ironic that me replacing drivers side chassis mount for top wishbone put the setting to about right.
If the cars were set up slightly better o the jig this castor prob wouldnt be a prob.
regards gerry
|
|
|
Jubal
|
| posted on 23/3/08 at 07:28 PM |
|
|
Thanks for the info. I'd need to know more about what advantages the extra degree or so would get me? Self centre-ing?
|
|
|
Gezza
|
| posted on 24/3/08 at 06:13 AM |
|
|
It should in theory help with self centre-ing will let you know when i have done mine. Or when i am ordering new wishbones!!
gerry
|
|
|
.jpg)
