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<blockquote data-quote="52merc" data-source="post: 15961191" data-attributes="member: 197"><p>The chamber/caster gauge is a Tanner. I have (actually it is my son's) the magnetic mount. He originally bought it some years ago it to do the alignment on his Fox Body coupe after we did a rotisserie restoration on the body and then set it up for road racing. I need to figure out how to get this to work with with the aluminum wheels.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.mittlerbros.com/castor-camber-gauge.html" target="_blank">Caster / Camber Gauge</a></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1502548[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>The toe plate are from Allstar Performance. They are available from Summit or Jegs. There are many suppliers of these (even Tanner).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1502549[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p>These tools are used in conjunction with some string that you tie to jackstands and position parallel to the car on each side. Then its just a matter of <strong>careful</strong> measurements. </p><p></p><p>The other thing that is needed is some slip plates. You can buy these or make your own "poor boy" version. This allows the wheels to move around while they have the chassis weight on them. The trick I learned from a Factory Five builder's forum was to buy some cheap shiny floor tiles. Put one tile shiny side up on the floor, grease it up, place a second one face down on the first tile. Its that easy. You can't easily do the caster/chamber without them. Only thing is you have to push the car to get or jack it up to get it on the plates. You can't drive the car if you are doing all 4 wheels as it will just "spit" them out when you try to drive on them.</p><p></p><p>I'm not suggesting that this is better than an alignment by a professional with a laser rack, but it should get it close enough to drive the car. Like almost everything, it takes some practice to get the technique down pat.</p><p></p><p>Alignment is not a mystery. I would suspect any good European alignment shop could do a good job as long as you have added the parts to allow for the adjustments. Any shop that does race car alignment should be able to check and set bumpsteer, again, if you have added the parts for this. After all, there are many European cars with IRS that require a 4-wheel alignment.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps you out a bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="52merc, post: 15961191, member: 197"] The chamber/caster gauge is a Tanner. I have (actually it is my son's) the magnetic mount. He originally bought it some years ago it to do the alignment on his Fox Body coupe after we did a rotisserie restoration on the body and then set it up for road racing. I need to figure out how to get this to work with with the aluminum wheels. [URL="https://www.mittlerbros.com/castor-camber-gauge.html"]Caster / Camber Gauge[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1502548[/ATTACH] The toe plate are from Allstar Performance. They are available from Summit or Jegs. There are many suppliers of these (even Tanner). [ATTACH=full]1502549[/ATTACH] These tools are used in conjunction with some string that you tie to jackstands and position parallel to the car on each side. Then its just a matter of [b]careful[/b] measurements. The other thing that is needed is some slip plates. You can buy these or make your own "poor boy" version. This allows the wheels to move around while they have the chassis weight on them. The trick I learned from a Factory Five builder's forum was to buy some cheap shiny floor tiles. Put one tile shiny side up on the floor, grease it up, place a second one face down on the first tile. Its that easy. You can't easily do the caster/chamber without them. Only thing is you have to push the car to get or jack it up to get it on the plates. You can't drive the car if you are doing all 4 wheels as it will just "spit" them out when you try to drive on them. I'm not suggesting that this is better than an alignment by a professional with a laser rack, but it should get it close enough to drive the car. Like almost everything, it takes some practice to get the technique down pat. Alignment is not a mystery. I would suspect any good European alignment shop could do a good job as long as you have added the parts to allow for the adjustments. Any shop that does race car alignment should be able to check and set bumpsteer, again, if you have added the parts for this. After all, there are many European cars with IRS that require a 4-wheel alignment. Hope this helps you out a bit. [/QUOTE]
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