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Greetings, I have been in the C3, C5 and C6 forums in the past and finally have a good reason to post in the C4 section.
The car I am asking about is a 1938 Chevrolet Master that has a 1985 Corvette suspension.
The car's alignment is a mess to say the least but with steel wheels and soft sidewalls is a decent cruiser. I am looking to upgrade to some bigger wheels and want to get the suspension set up to have good driveability.
The car is a cruiser, not driven hard and I would like to know what settings you all recommend for camber, caster and toe in the front and camber and toe in the rear.
Zero camber promotes good tire wear for a cruiser. Lots of caster makes it track straight. I would use close to zero toe as well. A touch toe-in front and rear promotes stability as well.
I think it was in '86 that Corvette upped the front caster to 6*. That's what I'm using on my '84, and the directional stability is much improved. That's what I'd recommend.
Last edited by Hot Rod Roy; Jan 6, 2016 at 07:58 PM.
Go for a touch of toe in - say 1/16" per side - mostly to keep any suspension /steering slop from letting the car go to a toe out condition.
Camber should be near zero - I prefer a touch of neg camber (top of the tires closer together than the bottoms), but for a cruiser - I'd probably keep it at around 1/4 degree of neg camber on each side. Some people prefer to run a bit more neg camber on the pass side to help compensate for the crown of the road.
As for Caster - somewhere around 5 to 6 degrees should work fine.
Full size car for the front you need 1/2* combined pull to the left to compensate for crown of the road.
No crown in my roads. I don't want my cars to pull to the left into oncoming traffic! I like equal alignment specs on left and right front wheels. Even my curvy mountain roads usually have a nice "banking" to them.
Looking for sage advice on odd alignment question
