4 Wheel alignment on a SPF?

[JBCOBRA]

I am no expert, but this is what they were doing on my car.
You put the car on scales (all four wheels) disconnect the sway bars and adjust with the coilover heights and preloads. The weights are measured diagonally rr to lf, lr to rf, etc and side to side. they also had it hooked up to their alignment equipment at the same time. Then they re-hooked up the swaybars to see if they were even, They were not, so they massaged that and set them. They were at it for quite a while, like an hour and a half or so.
The alignment was set to Olthoff's recommendations

One thing is for sure, no one should just mess around with coilovers without the right tools and knowhow. Just "eyeballing" just does not work

[Flyin_Freddie]

With all respect, guys....were your cars NOT set up by your SPF dealer when you bought them? I find it unconscionable a reputable SPF dealer would sell anyone a car without performing a 4-wheel alignment BEFORE it was delivered to you. Of course, if you purchased a used car from an individual, I would certainly understand a mis-aligned car more easily.

I purchased #770 new from Olthoff Racing in October, 2000. The car was perfectly lined up...and each concentric was marked with red or white paint so if it were to ever need re-alignment, all someone had to do was turn the concentrics until the paint lined up again.

We need to know which dealers are selling cars without performing adequate service prior to delivery. Those are dealerships that need to be called out for thier incompetence. No one needs to do business with those folks until they understand and address their responsibilities to their customers. This is not the first time I have read of complaints by SPF owners that they found something wrong with their car that, IMHO, should have been discovered and addressed by the selling dealership prior to delivery. I know there are dealers who simply say..."Sell the car...we'll worry about what's wrong after delivery!" That kind of attitude will be the death of a dealership...no matter what brand they sell.

A new SPF in a new owners driveway should be the absolute BEST advertisement for the Superformance marque. Anything less than that is simply unacceptable.

IMHO...of course.

[gt350pilot]

I am posting this for any cobra guys in the Sacramento area that may need a 4 wheel alignment with a competent shop. Mark at MSI in Roseville does an absolutely fantastic job. He specializes in Corvettes so is well versed in IRS type rears such as SPF cobras. We have used him for our Lotus 19B as well as a Boss 302 T/A car and found serious gains on the track. He was a guest tech speaker last night at our Shelby Club meeting and was very helpful to our club members.
Hope this helps those of us in the Sac area.