alignment specs opinions please...
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From: Okeechobee Florida
alignment specs opinions please...
i asked this in tech without many responses so i will ask here...
im not really sure where this question belongs...
(man i hate this split thing) its
my 79 is going in for an alignment thurs mornin and i would like some input from yall about the specs...
i think i remember reading here that there are specs that work better than the ones that will be found in "the book"...
BTW...my car has steeroids...
i did a search here and the best i can come up with is kinda like this...
run as little toe as possible while staying on the negitive side...
max positive caster...
keep camber close to zero...
keep both sides equal...
i also think i remember reading something about the adjustment they use to offset the crown in the road...
something about, you should not do this...???
any help and suggestions are very much appreciated...thanx...
im not really sure where this question belongs...
(man i hate this split thing) its
my 79 is going in for an alignment thurs mornin and i would like some input from yall about the specs...
i think i remember reading here that there are specs that work better than the ones that will be found in "the book"...
BTW...my car has steeroids...
i did a search here and the best i can come up with is kinda like this...
run as little toe as possible while staying on the negitive side...
max positive caster...
keep camber close to zero...
keep both sides equal...
i also think i remember reading something about the adjustment they use to offset the crown in the road...
something about, you should not do this...???
any help and suggestions are very much appreciated...thanx...
Last edited by OkeeGuy; Jul 13, 2005 at 05:45 AM.
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VBP Link to Alignment Specs
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I agree with what you posted. As little toe as possible but toe in, maximum caster but equal side to side and camber about negative 1/4 degree.
The most important is the same for all specs side to side. NO compensating for road crown.
The most important is the same for all specs side to side. NO compensating for road crown.
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Above is good except I needed -0.5 dgr camber rear and -0.7 dgr camber front (note negative camber) to make the tires wear even.
With stock front suspension you're looking at a max of about 3 dgr caster.
With stock front suspension you're looking at a max of about 3 dgr caster.
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
i am of the opinion that for general driving purposes the original specs are hard to beat....
Unfortunately, there are many of us that have taken automotive suspension/steering engineering into our own hands and we must now deviate from the factory alignment specs.
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I like zero toe..good tire wear...plus this: most of our highways out here have those longitudinal grooves..with factory toe..1/16 or 1/8 in,my Vette would "wiggle" just a little because of tire width/toe in...since I went to zero toe,the "wiggle" is gone..
...more caster is good for high speed...
...more caster is good for high speed...
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
i am of the opinion that for general driving purposes the original specs are hard to beat....
The "safe" understeer was accomplished by using positive camber in the front. Besides ruining handling it also makes the tires wear much more along the outside edge.
Changing the front camber back to negative as the engineers intended restores handling and creates even tire wear.
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From: Waterloo ontario Canada
Originally Posted by zwede
Above is good except I needed -0.5 dgr camber rear and -0.7 dgr camber front (note negative camber) to make the tires wear even.
With stock front suspension you're looking at a max of about 3 dgr caster.
With stock front suspension you're looking at a max of about 3 dgr caster.
I want slight negative .25
This is my caster camber gage making setting up your own alignment easy
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well...i had the alignment done this mornin and i am SO pleased...
my has NEVER driven this good since ive owned it !!!
i thought some of you would like to the specs,
so below you will see the print out that they gave me...
as you can see, it was quite a ways off..
the rear was toed OUT...for one thing...
two things to keep in mind while reading the numbers is...
#1...it is all in degrees instead of inches...
even the toe...
and #2...the numbers run in sequenses of .05...
so if one side says .05 and the other says .10...
it isnt neccesarily .05 off...
it could be that one is really .05 and the other .06...
i hope i explained that correctly...
amyway...here are the numbers that worked perfectly on my car...
my has NEVER driven this good since ive owned it !!!
i thought some of you would like to the specs,
so below you will see the print out that they gave me...
as you can see, it was quite a ways off..
the rear was toed OUT...for one thing...
two things to keep in mind while reading the numbers is...
#1...it is all in degrees instead of inches...
even the toe...
and #2...the numbers run in sequenses of .05...
so if one side says .05 and the other says .10...
it isnt neccesarily .05 off...
it could be that one is really .05 and the other .06...
i hope i explained that correctly...
amyway...here are the numbers that worked perfectly on my car...
