I let my alignment tech turn the adjusters the right way, but he gets -2*
camber on my stock class 99. The caster and camber adjustments are
interralated, I suspect that you have a lot of caster, take some of the
caster out of it (~ 2- 2.5* is plenty) and I'd bet you see more camber.
----- Original Message -----
From: Burns, James B. <James.Burns@jhuapl.edu>
To: autox <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: Maximizing front negative camber on Miata
> I sent the post below to the Miata mailing list and got no replies, so I'm
> asking the autox folks.
>
> > Subject: Maximizing front negative camber
> >
> > I recently bought a '99 Miata Sport Pkg., and I'm having trouble getting
> > much negative camber up front. The left front is only about -1/2 degree
> > and the right front is actually slightly positive. This is the third
> > Miata that I've owned that I've had this problem with, and I've heard of
> > other folks getting up to -2 degrees, so I'm wondering if I'm adjusting
it
> > wrong.
> >
> > To get max negative camber, I adjust both the front and rear adjusters
on
> > the lower control arm to push the arm outward as as far as possible,
> > right? In other words, both the adjusters are adjusted the same
> > direction, correct?
> >
> > Brad B.
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