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Old 01-31-2012, 08:27 PM
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As the title says, I'm looking for feedback of Piper Motorsports in Northern VA. Particularly, I'm looking for a shop to do a corner weighting and alignment on my C4 track car.

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They do great work but the people next door do the alignments and corner balance.
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They do great work but the people next door do the alignments and corner balance.
Are the people next door part of Piper, or are they another entity?
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I shopped them heavily when looking for a shop to do my cage. Never heard anything bad about them... only good stuff.
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Originally Posted by travisnd
I shopped them heavily when looking for a shop to do my cage. Never heard anything bad about them... only good stuff.
Yea, I've seen a lot of posts about them doing cage work, but nothing much more than that.

I'm just trying to find a few people who have had them do corner weighting with leaf springs. Last time I went on 1 or 2 people's recommendation without really looking into it too much, the "performance shop" could have cost me a motor. Lesson learned.
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AFAIK they're a full service race shop and do the setup work for quite a few fancy race cars. Corner weighting with leafs isn't rocket science. Just have to make sure the suspension stays settled so best to drive it up on a 4-post lift to make adjustments.
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Mitch has set up many competitive race cars over the years including a 996 GT2 that placed 2nd overall last year in the Targa Newfoundland race. His real talent is in metal work. He is one of the best cage builders in the region. Check out his Franken M3 project and look at the metal work. He is well qualified to do your job.

He is not affiliated with the shop next door.

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