Toe-in, Camber, Castor settings - Griffith.

[Barreti]

Guys,

I have the car booked in at AutoAlignment in Nottingham on Monday and want to check the settings he has on a piece of paper because he seemed unbelievably vague and I had to bite my tongue at him continually referring to my Griff as a "kit car"

I made some scribbly notes so bear with me if these are a complete load of kak, but I hope I got them.

Would someone be kind enough to confirm these for me.

	Front	Rear
Toe-in	18mins	20mins
Camber	-45	-45
Castor	3.25	na

[davep]

I would have thought you'd have been better off going to Steve Guglielmi at Daventry, he knows TVR suspension set ups and wont call it a kit car. Worth a call to get the figures though.

[Barreti]

Yep, you're right I would Davep and I've been there before I thoroughly recommend him.

But he is in Daventry and Nottingham Auto-alignment is walking distance from where I work.
Next Wed I head off to Le Mans and I've had the rear wishbones out and this weekend I plan to swap the front shocks so I have Nitrons all round.

It will handle like crap anyway on the way down and back due to being full of camping gear but I'd be happier if at least the basics are done before I go.

[davep]

Have a great time at Le Mans Barreti, I hope it's a dry one.

[FlipFlopGriff]

Ian, have you tried centre of gravity in Atherstone. Chris is great but talks a lot so extends the job time

[Toma500]

According to the bible Front track : 20 mins toe in
Front camber 1/2 deg to 1 deg negative ideal is 3/4
Rear camber 20 mins toe in
Rear camber 1/2 deg to 1 deg negative ideal is 3/4
Hope this helps and have a good trip .
Regards Tom .

[MPoxon]

I have mine setup as follows. I think this was originally from this forum.

TVR Griffith Geo - Neil Anderson

Front & rear camber 0.75 to 1.25deg negative, as equal as possible side to side

Front tracking (toe) 10 to 20 minutes TOTAL ACROSS AXLE (5 to 10 minutes each wheel)

Rear tracking (toe) 4 to 6 minutes EACH WHEEL (as equal as possible side to side)

Front castor 4.75 to 5.25deg Positive (more important that each side is within 0.5deg of the other)

NOTE: As the front and rear wheel alignment are adjustable independently, but only the front wheels are connected to each other (by the rack) it is important that the pair of rear wheels are aligned to the nominal centreline of the car and not just to each other. The castor is not usually adjusted, the spacer at the upper ball joint is simply to ensure adequate clearance at the full extents of negative camber adjustment.

Tyre Pressures - Toyo T1Rs: 24 front, 26 rear

[griffdude]

davep said:

I would have thought you'd have been better off going to Steve Guglielmi at Daventry, he knows TVR suspension set ups and wont call it a kit car. Worth a call to get the figures though.

+1, Steve's perfected the handling on my Griffith. I regularly beat all the Ferrari's (inc F458 at Rockingham) & an Aston (GT4 at MIRA) with a very modestly powered TVR. I doubt very much he'll give away the settings though.

[Barreti]

Thanks for your help and advice guys.
auto alignment Nottingham have a Hunter. Though they need more spanners. The big locknut on the rear wishbones saw him resorting to Stilsons which give me the willies. Once he shifted the locknut he still couldn't get the adjuster to move, but only 1 side was 1 degree out, not bad considering it's about 5 years since it was at Steve Guglielmi.

Front toe was out a bit and corrected.

I'll have to see if I can get a big fecking spanner and work on the rear adjusters.