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How to improve further? 444-544

posted by  gert 444 on  Mon May 31 06:39 CST 2004
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Matt, you can see a picture on the PV-Register http://www.bearmanmotorsports.com/pv.html
The chassis number of my PV444DS is 30994.

Re toe in, this was initially set at 3 mm as per the manual. However this made the car behave rather crazy. I asked a specialist and the first thing he said was: Did you mount wider wheels? Well, yes I did. Adjust toe in at 5 mm, he said then. So I did and it seems allright now. What alignment experiences do others have when wider wheels are used?

I don't see why wider tires would make things worse. Experiences with other classic cars give me reason to believe the contrary. I already would have mounted them on my PV instead of 165, were it not that I hate the very heavy steering at slow speeds which it brings along. And heavy it is now already!

Gert

'52 PV444, '48 Riley RMA, '54 Morris Minor, '73 Saab 99






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