Geometry & Corner Weighting in EA
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Justin,
I seem to recall that Anglia Body Works on Mildenhall road in BSE have got the sort of equipment you need. I was speaking with the owner a few months back and he seemed confident he could sort out the characteristic problems (the factory doesn’t set them up properly) in my old 993.
I have to confess it wasn’t the sort of place you’d expect to find the correct equipment but it would be worth looking them up as I know they’ve set up various race cars and other proper bits of kit in the area.
Yours
Robert
PS The 993 has now gone and your 355 will (god willing) have some proper company about the area
I seem to recall that Anglia Body Works on Mildenhall road in BSE have got the sort of equipment you need. I was speaking with the owner a few months back and he seemed confident he could sort out the characteristic problems (the factory doesn’t set them up properly) in my old 993.
I have to confess it wasn’t the sort of place you’d expect to find the correct equipment but it would be worth looking them up as I know they’ve set up various race cars and other proper bits of kit in the area.
Yours
Robert
PS The 993 has now gone and your 355 will (god willing) have some proper company about the area
Yep, I live in BSE
I test drove a 550 recently in Colchester but just didn’t do the deal as I couldn’t get rid of the 993 in time and felt a bit worried about the long term residuals. Fortunately a local Porsche specialist (Finlay Gorham at Thorpe Morieux) has got me a good price for the 993 and am now looking forward to the best bit, shopping!
I’d love a 993 RS, but finding a good RHD one is damn hard and prices are getting so loony I’d start to wonder whether it’s a good idea to actually use the thing at all. Anyway we all need to do the Ferrari thing once and Colchester has a very tasty looking yellow 360. It’s an F1 which I’d rather not have but looks bloody great and has the rather nice shell / sports seats which I am planning to have a drive of to see how I get on with flappy paddles
I’ll go to the next FF meet if you fancy a chat about all things Italian then feel free to gas away. Best not mention De Tomaso as you’ll get bored to tears very quickly as according to my wife not everybody shares my enthusiasm for cars that look strange, don’t work and dribble oil all over the drive
Hope Anglia Body works are of assistance but if not there are one or two others locally who may be able to help you but I’ll need to ask somebody tomorrow
PS I chased a very loud 355 on Parkway a while back whilst in the equally loud 993, Tubi vs Fabspeed might that have been you?
I test drove a 550 recently in Colchester but just didn’t do the deal as I couldn’t get rid of the 993 in time and felt a bit worried about the long term residuals. Fortunately a local Porsche specialist (Finlay Gorham at Thorpe Morieux) has got me a good price for the 993 and am now looking forward to the best bit, shopping!
I’d love a 993 RS, but finding a good RHD one is damn hard and prices are getting so loony I’d start to wonder whether it’s a good idea to actually use the thing at all. Anyway we all need to do the Ferrari thing once and Colchester has a very tasty looking yellow 360. It’s an F1 which I’d rather not have but looks bloody great and has the rather nice shell / sports seats which I am planning to have a drive of to see how I get on with flappy paddles
I’ll go to the next FF meet if you fancy a chat about all things Italian then feel free to gas away. Best not mention De Tomaso as you’ll get bored to tears very quickly as according to my wife not everybody shares my enthusiasm for cars that look strange, don’t work and dribble oil all over the drive
Hope Anglia Body works are of assistance but if not there are one or two others locally who may be able to help you but I’ll need to ask somebody tomorrow
PS I chased a very loud 355 on Parkway a while back whilst in the equally loud 993, Tubi vs Fabspeed might that have been you?
Most decent bodyshops will have 4 wheel alignment equipment (including us at Bury Accident Repair Centre) but it worth checking how the equipment actually mounts to the wheel. Our HPA Pro-Align which is an all-singing and dancing infra-red wireless set up would not fit correctly on the last F355 that we wanted to set-up. The rim protectors on the tyres prevented us mounting the measuring heads on the rim without the risk of wheel damage. Also note that Ferrari do not release the manufacturer set-up data (unlike Porsche) so whoever carries out the alignment would need to be confident that they could obtain the relevant information.
This is not an advert for my own company, as in this instance I know that we are unable to perform the work
This is not an advert for my own company, as in this instance I know that we are unable to perform the work
A very loud 355 on parkway will quite possibly have been me, but I don't remember having a 993 chasing me at any time. That may just be my observation skills though
It would be great to have a 360 in the area. I love the interior of the 360 - it's so much better than the 355 interior but I'm not a fan of the exterior. It's not "pretty" in the same way a 355 is. That's just my opinion though
I too would love a 993RS and as you rightly pointed out, prices are definitely going up somewhat and RHD's do seem to be hard to find.
A friend of mine had a 993RS which he kindly took me for a ride in and to this day, I have never been so shocked, frightened or impressed as I was that day after experiencing the combined skills of his driving and that car. It was simply astonishing and I've never experienced another driver or car in the same league.
Now I've done the "Ferrari" thing, I think my next car will be a Porsche and I'm seriousy considering trying to get my hands on a 997 GT3, although I'm trying seriously hard to fight the urge
It would be great to have a 360 in the area. I love the interior of the 360 - it's so much better than the 355 interior but I'm not a fan of the exterior. It's not "pretty" in the same way a 355 is. That's just my opinion though
I too would love a 993RS and as you rightly pointed out, prices are definitely going up somewhat and RHD's do seem to be hard to find.
A friend of mine had a 993RS which he kindly took me for a ride in and to this day, I have never been so shocked, frightened or impressed as I was that day after experiencing the combined skills of his driving and that car. It was simply astonishing and I've never experienced another driver or car in the same league.
Now I've done the "Ferrari" thing, I think my next car will be a Porsche and I'm seriousy considering trying to get my hands on a 997 GT3, although I'm trying seriously hard to fight the urge
jjustin said:
Do you have any idea what kind of tyres the 355 that you tried to setup had? Looking at my tyres, they don't have a rim protector that protrudes in any way and the sidewalls are pretty flat.
Standard Pirelli P Zeros. We've actually done a couple of Fezza's in the recent past. The last one came to us looking like this:
The issue with the rims is shown in the last picture. We would however be more than happy to show you our equipment and how it needs to be mounted.
Edited as I can never work out how to embed the image. Doh.
>> Edited by apguy on Thursday 23 February 11:16
I run Bridgestone on mine rather than the Pirelli's, and the sidewalls are slightly differnet.
Does your equipment need to "hook" onto the rim, and the sidewall is what stops you from being able to do that? I think mine have a bigger gap between the rim and the sidewall compared to the Pirelli's.
Does your equipment need to "hook" onto the rim, and the sidewall is what stops you from being able to do that? I think mine have a bigger gap between the rim and the sidewall compared to the Pirelli's.
jjustin said:
Does your equipment need to "hook" onto the rim, and the sidewall is what stops you from being able to do that? I think mine have a bigger gap between the rim and the sidewall compared to the Pirelli's.
You hit the nail on the head. The measuring equipment does indeed hook onto the rim and we have found that certain combinations of tyre rim protectors and hard sidewalls can prevent our equipment from getting a satisfactory grip without risk of damage.
To offer a balance, I should point out that other measuring equipment may be mounted on the tyre, which negates the issues I've just mentioned. There are pro's and con's of both type, we just happen to possess the rim mounted type...
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