[Shotimes] Alignment specs?

[cmichaelo@optonline.net]

I have pretty much the same suspensioni setup as you. I run 1.0 camber up front and 0.75 camber in rear.

Wrt to toe, I run a slight toe in (0.1->0.2) both front and rear.

I have summer tires (Pirelli Pzero Rosso), and they wear slowly with this setting.

I'm not "fluent" in track events, but it just seems to me that if you have soft swaybars, and track is important to you, then a large camber (e.g., 2deg) may make sense. But if you have stiff and thick swaybars, I would think you can get away with less, say 1.5deg, due to the reduction in body roll.

Michael
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Malachuk <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2004 10:28 am
Subject: [Shotimes] Alignment specs?

> I'll be taking my car to sears tomorrow for an alignment. Wanted 
> to get the
> general consensus of waht specs I should ask them to hit. Car is 
> going in
> with all new... inner tie rods, outer tie rods, LCA's with MOOG TPR,
> Koni/intrax, adjustable camber plates up front, ingalls front caster
> adjusters, rear police mounts, tpr on the tension strut rods,GTP 
> arms, h-box
> brace.
> 
> I have the negative 1 degree camber plate in the front right now 
> and I was
> gon a ask them to make both sides be -1.25 with the -1 plate in 
> there so
> that I always have -.25degrees of negative camber on the car, and 
> with the
> camber kit I could go as far as -1.5degrees. Should I have them go 
> more? say
> set a base of -.50 or -.75 so that I can go as far as -2degrees of 
> camber?The car will be primairyly street driven during the spring, 
> summer, fall,
> but when it comes to road courses I can change the camber pretty 
> quick, just
> need to invest in some crowsfeet wrenches.
> 
> What should I have them set the car at for overall. I rotate my 
> tires often,
> so I'm not tooo worried about scrubbing the inner edge.
> 
> I have seen lots of numbers over the past 2 years on alignment, 
> but I wanted
> to get some discussion and consensus here before I tell them what 
> they need
> to hit :-)
> 
> Thanks
> Bruce J Malachuk
> 
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> 
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