Reply to "Rear adjustment"

One more thing,
When I did my car I had new tires and my shocks had been recently rebuilt. All my Heims joints were very tight. You want the car to sit level, use the rocker flange to set that. A little wedge is Ok, about a half inch at the rear wheel opening to get it to look right.

Too much wedge will make the car feel strange in the rearas you will feel the weight shift on turns. Also, good motor mounts are very important as well as two new polypropolyne mounts in the rear bridge. Also make sure that the front wheel bearings are adjusted properly.

The bottom line is that the Mangusta racing chassis has to be treated properly, set up right. Johnny Woods has found that the lack of a Heims joint on the outboard end of the upper rear suspension link causes the excess camber when the rear wheels are jouncing. An easy fix.

It is very likely that the first cars that were road tested by journalists were not set up right and de Tomaso did not have a clue as to the result. He did not know how to launch cars with the press. There was a Road & Track road test where the Managusta beat all comers except for an open wheel race car.

DICK RUZZIN