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Find out what you have dialled into your car and compare with this below.
Taken from Matthew Poxan's griff.
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)
Taken from Matthew Poxan's griff.
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)
So I was at my local tyre supplier today getting tyres for an mx5 and asked them who was best locally for 4 wheel alignment, obviously they are, so I asked if they had a set up on the equipment for a TVR, they came back and said yes, I took a look to check and couldn’t see a Chimaera, but a Griff, I guess they are the same, but the data as shown in the pic I took is completely different to the one shown for Mathew Poxon, any thoughts on what is what anyone ???
You have a few TVR specialists quite close to you. I would have thought it worth taking to car to one of them for a four wheel alignment.
I take mine to Mat Smith in West Norfolk. It’s night and day different since he set it up properly. Mine has slightly more front camber than Poxon’s, to aid track handling.
I take mine to Mat Smith in West Norfolk. It’s night and day different since he set it up properly. Mine has slightly more front camber than Poxon’s, to aid track handling.
I recently had a new set of toyo tyres fitted at Adams and Page in High Wycombe and they put my car on their hunter system and it was compared against a Cerb set-up. There were a few reds and they said the car was set-up well apart from the steering being just off centre. They were very complimentary about the set-up and adjustability of our cars, particularly compared with my other car of choice!
There was one left to right difference which I did question and they said it was due to off setting road camber?
They didn’t charge for this as it came with the tyres and they are actually looking for work.
Dan Taylor does all the work on my car but if he didn’t, I would be happy to have A&P set up my car based on my visit there.
There was one left to right difference which I did question and they said it was due to off setting road camber?
They didn’t charge for this as it came with the tyres and they are actually looking for work.
Dan Taylor does all the work on my car but if he didn’t, I would be happy to have A&P set up my car based on my visit there.
i have been in touch with my closest specialists but there availability and costs are rather high, £160 for one £230 the other, so i searched for local guys with a Hunter, £65, i asked if they had settings for a Chimaera so they checked and said no, i asked about manually entering them if i gave them but they said that this is not possible, i guess ishould have asked about Griffs or Cerberas, are these the same and ok to use as suggested above??
Hi
I spoke with someone who uses the Hunter system, for the Chimaera the recommend the below
This is different to what Phazed has recommended in some areas, being completely unskilled in this area I don’t know what changes the drive in what way, but I couldn’t completely follow the setup for the Griff as some of the settings were outside the written recommendations, especially the red areas, could someone please help me to understand so I can get this thing set up, it feels pretty bad at the moment at anything above normal speeds, what I would like ideally is an easy everyday normal drive but also feeling confident around the bends at higher speeds on the odd occasion
Thanks
I spoke with someone who uses the Hunter system, for the Chimaera the recommend the below
This is different to what Phazed has recommended in some areas, being completely unskilled in this area I don’t know what changes the drive in what way, but I couldn’t completely follow the setup for the Griff as some of the settings were outside the written recommendations, especially the red areas, could someone please help me to understand so I can get this thing set up, it feels pretty bad at the moment at anything above normal speeds, what I would like ideally is an easy everyday normal drive but also feeling confident around the bends at higher speeds on the odd occasion
Thanks
Are Cerberus settings the same as a Chimaera ??, Hunter suggest the same nominal but different tolerances, also see original TVR recommendations with differences between the Chimaera and Griffith ??
I have no problem with spending the money to have it done right, but it appears that some specialists have very different views, mine was previously set up by one but it was much too low and kept grounding, surely if you have the right spec and the right equipment the result should be the same wether it’s from a specialist or not, or am I missing something??, it’s also practically difficult for me with the specialists due to the distance and lead times involved
Paul
I have no problem with spending the money to have it done right, but it appears that some specialists have very different views, mine was previously set up by one but it was much too low and kept grounding, surely if you have the right spec and the right equipment the result should be the same wether it’s from a specialist or not, or am I missing something??, it’s also practically difficult for me with the specialists due to the distance and lead times involved
Paul
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