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I think you will find most of the big tyre places have hugely expensive machines to do this - myself and all the other motorsport set up places I know use portable guages and...
http://www.smithees-racetech.com.au/ackerman.html
all you wanted to know about ackermann
the summary is: nobody really knows for sure, lots of theories, there is a fashion element, with anti ackermann being mainly used in the 1960s, depends a lot on tyres
slow corners are always going...
you'll be fine with 12mm bolts, and they are top spec at 12.9. Did you use a plain shank or ones with a cam on?
The trophy is quite soft as soon as you put it on a track, but its a road car after all and has to cope with rough surfaces not found on track. You are spot on about rear droop -...
most of the changes in the feel and handling of the car will be down to the revised camber and toe settings
the less brave of you that are worried about modding your car with new dampers/springs etc may want to take note of that
I've been doing some development work on this, this very day! I was at Goodwood today, not the worlds twistiest circuit - but using a standard clio trophy and changing the camber and toe settings I was able to get an immense improvement in turn in. Probably most importantly increasing the camber...