HotRods DIY alignment
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Melting Slicks
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From: largo florida
HotRods DIY alignment
Well, I am a few days late. Took a while to find photoshop and figure out how to make it edit the crappy scannings. Here ya go. Oh yeah, I will put in a pdf format if you guys want, but I dont have anywhere to host it.
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Originally Posted by theandies
No need to .pdf it for me. I get Hot Rod in the mail every month. Good article. 
Gotten better lately and I have gotten to the point where I can finally follow along with most of the articles they are writing. Some pretty good technical stuff coming out. Most of it I can't use or do but, still decent stuff.
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by Fevre
Nice timing, just installed steeriods and will need an alignment soon. Now if someone would post good street performance settings (caster/camber/toe in) I would be ready to rock.
Racer
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From: Chambersburg PA
Yea I'm waiting as well. got my speed pro box in the garage...just gotta change shocks, springs and swaybar. and rebuild the lower control arms while I'm at it. Let us know what issues you ran into.
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From: Living in the Hartland
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
I'm right behind you on this... how did you make out with the steeroids linkage? I think you said before you "weren't initially happy with the first set up and that the steering wheel turned 1/4 turn before rack moved" how did this turn out?
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Originally Posted by theandies
No need to .pdf it for me. I get Hot Rod in the mail every month. Good article.
No need to .pdf it for me. I get Hot Rod in the mail every month. Good article.
Originally Posted by Eddie 70
Gotten better lately and I have gotten to the point where I can finally follow along with most of the articles they are writing. Some pretty good technical stuff coming out. Most of it I can't use or do but, still decent stuff.
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by Fevre
1/4 inch, I am also installing a 5 speed and am pluggin away at it.
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From: Living in the Hartland
Originally Posted by bobs77vet
1/4 inch is a much better then 1/4 turn!!!! glad to hear that i was sweating it for a moment. thks
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by Fevre
Yes it is! Still should be tight with no slop and I do not think any adj I do will take it out, the connecting rod is loose in the heim joint.
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Melting Slicks
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From: largo florida
Originally Posted by norvalwilhelm
Found the article very interesting. Thanks for taking the time lostpatrolman to scan and post the article.
Lots of other interesting articles also. It's good to have a more permanent copy though, magazines don't tend to last long with me 
