[DeTomaso] Campy's

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp.]

Goran and I emailed about a month ago. He had some medical problems but is 
doing well now. I hope he will be back soon.

Larry - Cleveland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donny Williams" <donnylee at ccwebster.net>
To: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>; <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; 
<larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; <cengles at cox.net>; <wkooiman at earthlink.net>; 
<hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Campy's


>I was certainly hoping that was the case...The man is a Pantera Engineering 
>genius, what they say cannot be done, he does it anyway, got to love him 
>for that!   Perhaps he got coined "the late" because he has been AWOL from 
>the list for quite sometime I have noticed.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
> To: "'Donny Williams'" <donnylee at ccwebster.net>; <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; 
> <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; <cengles at cox.net>; <wkooiman at earthlink.net>; 
> <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:40 AM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Campy's
>
>
> Oy.  I am getting emails.
>
> As far as I know, Goran is alive and well.  I assume that he is just very
> busy lately with his many projects.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Donny Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:27 AM
> To: Mark McWhinney; MikeLDrew at aol.com; larry at ohiotimecorp.com;
> cengles at cox.net; wkooiman at earthlink.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Campy's
>
> While all this Caster/ Camber bushing talk is spinning my head..... I was
> shocked to see in writing "Late Great Goran"  Did something slip by me
> here...... Did Goran pass away?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
> To: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>; <cengles at cox.net>;
> <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:51 AM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Campy's
>
>
>>>>>No, they are offset front-to-back to allow greater caster.  You 
>>>>>couldn't
>> set caster with bushings--it would quickly turn into a nightmare as the
>> bushings rotated within the A-arms and your alignment would change!
>>
>>
>> This is a note that the late, great Goran sent to me last January in
>> response to my query about track-side camber adjustments.
>>
>>
>> Mark.
>> As you have probabley seen on my site, the buching is made from
>> aluminium, with a cover from brass. Of course the whole bushing could
>> be made from solid brass.
>> The camber produced is 1,5 dgr each direction for a total of 3 dgr.
>> If both the upper and lower A-arms is using these bushings, some 3 dgr
>> could be possible. As those bushings is solid without flex, adjustments
>> might be limited, especially at the rear since toe adjustments at the
>> lower
>> A-arm will need some upper A-arm "caster" adjustment to line up with
>> the back-forward motion of the uppright.
>> I did made the bushing myself, and the outer end is filed square in order
>> to
>> accept a dural aluminium wrench for adjustments. Adjustment is VERY
>> easy performed. You loosen the 12 mm mounting bolts, turn the bushing
>> the desired ammount and lock it up by tightening the mounting bolt.
>>
>> If the lower A-arm is having the same number toe-shims, you can shim the
>> A-arm out to use the outer excentric ´setting as standard cruising set 
>> up.
>> Then at the track you got 3 degr -camber on your side.
>>
>> Regards
>> Goran
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>>
>> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>>
>> DeTomaso mailing list
>> DeTomaso at realbig.com
>> http://ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at realbig.com
> http://ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>
>
>
>
>
>
>