Wide bodied C7 alignment specs
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Wide bodied C7 alignment specs
Recently wide bodied my C7 Z51 and learned some things i didn't know about like aftermarket toe links and also the rear end caster tool. Will most like get some aftermarket toe links but my main question is about the Alignment specs i should go with now that my car is wide bodied. With this kit its about an inch wider on the rear than a Zo6 as well as the front. Don't know a thing about suspension so just making sure before i take into a shop. Thinking of going to a local performance shop for the alignment or would a dealer be better? Took it to a dealer earlier and they told me the car was too low.
Should i just go with the alignment specs for the Zo6?
Should i just go with the alignment specs for the Zo6?
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Recently wide bodied my C7 Z51 and learned some things i didn't know about like aftermarket toe links and also the rear end caster tool. Will most like get some aftermarket toe links but my main question is about the Alignment specs i should go with now that my car is wide bodied. With this kit its about an inch wider on the rear than a Zo6 as well as the front. Don't know a thing about suspension so just making sure before i take into a shop. Thinking of going to a local performance shop for the alignment or would a dealer be better? Took it to a dealer earlier and they told me the car was too low.
Should i just go with the alignment specs for the Zo6?
Should i just go with the alignment specs for the Zo6?
FE3 is the Z51 suspension while FE6 and FE7 are the two wide body suspensions. What settings you choose depend on what you are going to do with the car. Is it a cruiser or a track car?
Here are the track alignment specs for the C7:
Rear Caster is the same as the street setup. According to Jim Mero the Corvette Development Test Driver and the guy that set the factory track records you want the rear caster set to 0.0 on both sides.
You should be able to get by with the stock toe links as long as you keep rear caster near 0.0. When I was setting up my car and set the rear camber at -2.0 I could set toe in with the toe links as long as rear caster was at 0.0. As soon as I tried to set positive caster like one of the racers says to do the closest I could get to 0 toe let alone toe in was - 1/32 of toe out.
Bill
Last edited by Bill Dearborn; May 23, 2021 at 09:43 PM.
