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Although I have paperwork from the former owner showing alignment
being done and a rebuilt steering box from Steer and Gear, the
car handles poorly especially on secondary roads. Any input on this
system, anyone?
You're really not giving enough information to give any sort of accurate response. So a few words.
Just because there is an aftermarket kit doesn't mean that it's what YOU need, or anyone else for that matter;
look at the poor handling characteristics of some of these high dollar front suspension swaps and judge for yourself.
Having a new steering box is a start, but there are a lot of other potential weak links in the chain between the box
and the pavement.
A standard alignment only measures a few fields and tells you nothing about what your suspension is doing as it goes
through it's range of travel - what about bump steer?
Besides, what numbers are they using for aligning the car? Ones from 1969 that were set by antiquated standards
and for bias-ply tires?
If you want the car to handle well, it can happen but you're going to have to do some homework and make a few choices about how
it is that YOU would like the car to handle. This will guide what parts you use and how the setup is configured.
I'm tempted to tell you to take the car to a race chassis shop and have them go over the front end but if you don't know a little
going in it may just be a waste of money for you.
Last edited by Montclaire; 02/03/11 01:44 PM.
