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Sorry guys, I've had way too many distractions that have held up progress. Just got done doing a front/rear alignment. Took alot of up front thought on how to get it done. Had to dig deep in my past engineering experience to make the trig calculations for what happens to the camber and/or toe in when you adjust the heim joints front and rear. Caster was pretty easy. I'll upload some pix and show how I did it. I think Paul Proefrock did a similar self alignment on his. My PhD boss that had the original Cobra plus the work that Paul did convinced me that you can do an alignment that would be pretty accurate. A really good front end alignment tech might be able to get it dialed in a little more accrurate with a good alignment machine. The method I used showed I had everything to spec with the camber on one rear wheel out 0.1*. Everything else was spot on after multiple rechecks.
It's good to be making progress again. I think the next step is to temporarily install the radiator and fire off the engine. Can't wait to hear the music. Got a 81 year old neighbor that has been "helping" me since day one. He provides lots of supervision and has been chomping at the bit to hear it run.
BTW, the master cylinders came with the car from Hurricane. Using the Girling cans for reservoirs. Not absolutely sure about the plastic caps that connect the flex tubing from the reservoirs but they will probably work OK.
-- Russ
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