Hi Greg and the rest of the lists, Bumpsteer is certainly present in the Spitfire and I'm sure in the GT6 as well. If you want to see it in action take a jack place under your front cross member, take 2 - 2X4 and lay parallel with your front tires, measure roughly the toe setting of your tires and then raise the jack up 1 inch and remeasure (make sure you reset the 2X4 against the tires or you will show the same toe setting :^)
I know Rick Cline - he builds many of the parts I use on my SCCA Spitfire and even he will admit tires have came a long way since he was racing. With that said street tires probably aren't as touchy as a 200 degree racing slick to steering input. We bump steer (adjust) the car every time we do a complete suspnsion alignment. My limited prep Spitfire has less than an 1/8in change in its toe setting over 3 inches of suspension travel. My highly modified suspension has zero toe change over 4 inches of suspension travel (2 in bump and 2 in droop) Greg I'm located in Jackson and would be happy to help you bump steer your GT6 and I believe it will make it a better driving car with very little work. If anyone else is interested I could detail out the steps needed to do it in your own garage...but it won't happen for a couple of weeks as I'm leaving for Topeka Friday for a National race and then Gingerman (near South Haven) is the very next week after I get back. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________ Christopher E. Crisenbery, P.E. Feller, Finch & Associates, Inc. 2797 Spring Arbor Rd., Suite B Jackson, MI 49203 p/n (517) 783-0710 fax (517) 783-0711 _______________________________________________ Spitfires mailing list [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
