Spider alignment; MMMV

["Joe Cantrell" <agiyo@domain.elided>]

Having recently installed adjustable camber arms, I had them aligned with 1
degree negative camber, "stock" caster, and zero toe-in, figures surmised from
Mr. Neely, Mr. Riffle, a twist of toad hair and a bit of intuition.  Thank you
all.  AROO Fall Track Day was Saturday.  I set the tire pressures with the
same careful parameters, decreasing the f/r differential on my 205/55 15"
Kumho Eksta Supra 712's to 2 pounds, 32f & 30r.  I've said it before, but will
repeat, Rugh springs, Sachs Sporting Gas Shocks front, red Konis rear, stock
sway bars.  Mustang 15"x7" turbine wheels outside 6mm wheel spacers.

It is the best handling car I have ever driven.  Neutral, light, responsive to
all inputs, and it would take a better driver than me to wish for more.  Where
the car formerly understeered, such as over the hump in PIR turn 6, it stayed
on the ground with almost linear response to throttle and steering input.  I
sit here now, shaking my head at how good it is, how utterly delightful.

Dropping the pressure in the Kumhos brought them back to competence, for
street tires on a race track.  I reported them RIP a few months ago, after
they began skating on a track day, but examining photos of the car coming
through PIR turn 12 showed it was riding on the middle 2" or so of tread.
This weekend, with the lower pressure, they were almost as new.

BTW, it was a flipping perfect day.  Perfect. 100 cars, no bent metal, very
few off-track excursions, everybody I saw tired and happy at the end of the
day.  Wow.

I hope this is useful to someone out there.  I'll follow with a post that
will, I hope, be useful to me.

Joe
'72 PIR Slut (thoroughly deflowered, but retaining her integrity)
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