quote:Originally posted by Rocky:
It is really interesting, but I have my car up on jackstands now (for brake work) and what was once a tight spreader bar has noticable play...
I assume it will tighten back up when I put it back down on the tires...
Rocky
OK but can you recall ANYONE asking about why his car was cracking through the mounting tabs in the inner uprights? I can't.
By the same token, have you heard of anyone ask about erratic handling caused by rear camber changes while driving the car? I can't.
I definitely can understand this becoming an issue on a race car like a Gp4 with 13" rear wheels and race tires mounted, but the fix isn't that extravagant of a solution.
The Mustangs are considered semi-monocoque. Certainly the rears are completely monocoque.
All the additional bracing on them is in the front to reduce toe changes under hard cornering, and the bracing isn't that extravagant.
Yes you can improve the rear of the Pantera, but it is largely just for a comp car of some sort. Autocross is one of the conditions you could improve for, but just regular street driving, it isn't even close to being necessary.
The alignment is done on the ground with normal loading on the car. Set the pre-load on the bar then and leave it alone. Everything that happens to it after that is irrelevant.