Re: Dead spider by alignment? not IME

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In a message dated 9/23/99 11:53:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
peterb@mysysltd.com writes:

> You mean spider down for a count...
>  
>  Don't get too confident - you've not been driving it long enough.
>  
>  Four wheel drifting this beastie may be no problem - but it is an extreme
>  maneuver in a car of this weight.
>  
>  Do watch out on variable surfaces - patchy gravel - wet asphalt with smooth
>  and rough spots or painted lines and tar repairs. The spider bites when the
>  traction balance is thrown off by large variances in the frictive surfaces
>  and fools the torsen into oscillating the torque split.
>  
>  Be careful - I like reading your posts.
>  
>  Peter

Ditto.  I've tried a myriad of camber/toe (and even caster) settings on the 
44 chassis, as well as, a bunch of coil over rear conversions with bilstein 
sports (one of the shops I have available to me has both a private track, and 
an alignment machine) on the torsen chassis.  Peter is right Phil, it's going 
to happen at the exact time you feel confident it won't.  Doing all your 
playing on the street, is high risk.  

Give yourself some time, before you call the spider dead.  Lots of BTDT on 
alignments of 44 chassis, with more tweeking than your BRM boys, per your 
post.

My .02
Scott Justusson