Larry,
I am going to keep the MGB arm, and maybe for good reason..... . When you
say reverse the arms do you mean swap left for right and have them angled in
(seems from what I understand it would make matters worst), or do you mean
swap them left for right and then turn them over (upside down) so they still
point out (which is what I assumed and why I thought they would hit the
rims). If it is the first then YEA, it can work for me (thought I don't
understand why it would work to a "better" angle)! From what I gathered it
seemed that the arm/rod need to meet "somewhere" in the tire itself. That
being the arm going both outward and forward rather than inward as you say
you saw on other 13" cars. Also, do you still use the Tiger tie rod ends???
(with the stock Tiger rack). Well, what do I know, that is why I am asking
the questions. Tom Witt B9470101
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Paulick" <larry.p@erols.com>
To: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>; <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Assistance
> Tom, I hope you fit the MGB steering arms, in the reverse fashion. If not
that
> is not the correct installation.
>
> Also, the guys Tiger who I looked at originally, had LAT-70, 13" wheels,
and
> there was not problem with fitting or hitting the wheel. I just looked at
the
> pictures I took of his installation, and if definitely misses the wheel.
>
> I don't know about the rare Cosmic wheels.
>
> You also use a 1/2" spacer on the front bolt of the steering arm, and if
not,
> this will cause the arm to hit.
>
> I don't know what the figures are from Mayfield, but I measured the
ackerman
> angle before and after, and frankly I am more tuned into seeing what is on
the
> car, in the way of alignment specs. The car is responding to the
alignment
> spec of the car as it is, and not what it may be on paper.
>
> I wonder how many people have had their car aligned lately, if the person
did a
> proper job, and if the driver sat in the car when the caster and camber
were
> set.
>
> Has anyone asked their alignment guy to give them the specs on their
ackerman
> angle. I is an easy measurement with a turntable, which are not cheap.
>
> Let me know if you have these numbers.
>
> If you still want to sell the MGB steering arms, let me know off line,
what the
> numbers are on the two, and they should be different, and if in good shape
I
> will buy them from you.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> Tom Witt wrote:
>
> > David,
> > I have looked into this as well. I was going to do this as a
> > do-it -yourself project. I purchased the Midget R&P and the MGB steering
> > arms at Pick-A-Part. The first problem is the 13" wheels. I have a set
of
> > those somewhat rare Cosmic wheels (ala the Harrington tiger). The MGB
> > steering arms hit the rim because they are approx. 1/2" longer than
stock
> > (and it takes a feeler gauge to measure the stock clearance). I think
14"
> > wheels are probably a minimum and even that should be checked. In the
end it
> > appears that I will now use neither rack nor arms as the 13" wheels
negate
> > the MGB arms and that negates using the Midget rack.
> > As an economical issue (always an issue for me) there seems to be some
> > advantage with the MGB arms and the stock Tiger rack. I got my MGB arms
at
> > Pick-A-Part for $3 each! So if you find yourself using 14" (or larger)
> > wheels and have $6 to spare it offers a good price to improvement ratio.
> > Second, I don't mean to dispute Dale's claims or Larry Paulick's "real
> > world" results, but at least from a "mathmatical" perspective Dr. Larry
> > Mayfield has different findings. Take a look at his site
> > http://www.teknett.com/pwp/drmayf/mayfco.htm . The info on the ackerman
> > issue is at the bottom.
> > Tom Witt B9470101
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>
> > To: "Tiger Mailing List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 8:43 PM
> > Subject: Assistance
> >
> > > Hi:
> > > Anybody out there who has done Dale A.'s Ackerman fix with the MGB
> > > steering arms and STOCK 13" diameter rims?
> > > If so, I'd appreciate it if you'd contact me off list--I could use
some
> > > input.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > David Sosna
|