Westfield AeroRace 2008, Руководство по сборке

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Suspension Set-up 14•3
SUSPENSION SET-UP
1 Tyre – Pressure
NOTE
Before setting the ride height the tyre
pressure must be set.
You may think the tyre pressure seems very
low in comparison to a standard road car;
this is due to the car being very light weight
1 Using a tyre pressure gauge set the
correct tyre pressure as per the set-up
sheet.
2 Ride - Height
NOTE
The ride height must be set before any other
suspension settings are altered as the ride
height has an effect on camber and toe.
The suspension bush bolts should be slack
until the ride height is set.
Adjustment is made by raising or lowering
the spring platforms.
2 Screw the front spring platforms up to
raise or down to lower the car.
3 Check the dimension against the set-up
sheet on the previous page.
4
Screw the rear spring platforms up to
raise or down to lower the car.
5
Check the dimension against the set-up
sheet on the previous page.
6 Check all four corners and adjust as
necessary as per the set-up sheet.
3 Front – Camber
NOTE
Camber affects the contact patch of the tyre
on the ground. It is normal on most cars to
have negative camber.
The reason for this is that tyres bend under
heavy cornering, which would affect the
contact patch of the tyre.
To compensate for this bending camber can
be set in to the upright to get a larger
contact patch under cornering.
Too much camber increases tyre wear.
Camber is adjusted by altering the length of
the top wishbone on a Westfield.
7
Check the camber angle that is currently
set on your car.
8 Slacken the ball joint locking nut.
9 Remove the metaloc nut on the upper
wishbone ball joint.
10
Detach the ball joint from the upright.
Use of a ball joint removal tool may be
required.
11 Screw the ball joint in or out to adjust
the camber depending on what initial
setting of your car was.
12
The minimum adjustment on standard
wishbones is one full turn. On wide
track cars the adjustment is infinite.
13 Set the camber in accordance with the
set-up sheet on the previous page.
4 Rear – Camber
NOTE
Rear Camber has the same effect as the
front.
Adjustment is slightly different due to the
rose jointed rear suspension.
1 Check the camber angle that is currently
set on your car.
2
Slacken the rose joint locking nut.
3 Remove the 7/16” nyloc nut securing
the upper rose joint to the upright.
4 Knock the bolt through enough to
separate the rose joint from the upright.
5
Screw the rose joint in or out to adjust
the camber depending on what initial
setting of your car was.
6 Set the camber in accordance with the
set-up sheet on the previous page.
7 Refit the nyloc nut and ensure the large
washer is fitted.
5 Front – Toe
NOTE
Toe ‘Track’ is the angle of the wheels
relative to one another when viewed from
the top.