Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
Well, the front of the A-Arm is higher then the rear, so it does have some anti-dive built into it. Used to set these with 5 to 7 degrees of caster, don't recall the camber. Can't do much til the car is together with all the running weight items on it, then have it aligned to '71 Pinto specs on the camber and toe in.
Thanks Dave. the main thing I'm interested in at the moment is that the crossmember was installed with near the right "twist" in the frame rails. I guess the smart thing to have done would have been to take it to an alignment shop before I pulled everything out of it. they could have told me if it was able to be aligned properly... but then I was never acused of being smart at times. other than a bit of wander it does seem to drive ok, so it must be close already I guess. the add on steering dampers on the tie rods don't instil a lot of confidence that it was properly set up however. the builder must have been trying to fix something with those.

Russ