On the scales

[dcdoug]

I am not looking to find just the weight of the car (there is a local company that sells landscaping stone and they have a scale that I could use), although that will be interesting to find out. I want to have the alignment/suspension on my car better dialed in. I find the car darts around more than I would like, the steering seems to pull erratically from time to time and the car feels less settled than I would expect. I am running GY Billboards which I know may be exacerbating the problem, but I really love the look and would hate to give them up. I am hoping I can solve the problem without doing that and am willing to put up with a bit of hunting to keep them.

But this is my first cobra and it's the only one I have ever driven, so I don't know exactly how one of these cars should feel when it's set up perfectly.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by dcdoug

But this is my first cobra and it's the only one I have ever driven, so I don't know exactly how one of these cars should feel when it's set up perfectly.

There should be no darting and the steering should be smooth. The car should corner equally well going to the left and to the right. If you find the car corners better one way or the other, that's a tip-off that your corner weights are not set properly. Adjusting your corner weights is easy, it just takes a little patience. The only tools you need are a socket wrench to loosen up your sway bars and a set of spanner wrenches to adjust your coil overs. I think there's even a couple of YouTube videos on it. It's absolutely, positively the second step in getting your car set up (the first step is to adjust your ride height and make sure your wheels are aligned).