Comments on my alignment decision?
Originally Posted by vodalus,Feb 2 2006, 08:51 AM
Many people, including me, also prefer a much higher caster, 6+
With -.9 camber up front we could get about 5.9 caster but when we bumped it up the -1.3 we're running up front caster on the drivers side would only go to 5.5 max. Passenger side could go to whatever it wanted though. We just set caster at 5.5 even on both sides since that was the max of 1 side. I know for sure the car has never been wrecked etc so everything is straight.
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower,Feb 15 2006, 12:56 AM
Were you able to achieve 6+ caster on the DRIVER side with more than -1 degree of camber? I just did an alignment on our car with a whiteline front sway bar and noticed that the more negative camber added up front the less adjustment we could do in caster.
With -.9 camber up front we could get about 5.9 caster but when we bumped it up the -1.3 we're running up front caster on the drivers side would only go to 5.5 max. Passenger side could go to whatever it wanted though. We just set caster at 5.5 even on both sides since that was the max of 1 side. I know for sure the car has never been wrecked etc so everything is straight.
With -.9 camber up front we could get about 5.9 caster but when we bumped it up the -1.3 we're running up front caster on the drivers side would only go to 5.5 max. Passenger side could go to whatever it wanted though. We just set caster at 5.5 even on both sides since that was the max of 1 side. I know for sure the car has never been wrecked etc so everything is straight.
Originally Posted by aronparsons,Feb 15 2006, 12:01 AM
6* caster, -1.5* camber up front. The tech didn't appear to or mention any problems getting this.
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower,Feb 15 2006, 01:15 AM
Both sides? If you could check your printout and comfirm that would be great. We tried everything and the drivers side just wouldn't go past 5.5 as we increased camber.
Originally Posted by aronparsons,Feb 15 2006, 12:21 AM
6.0 left, 6.0 right. -1.5 camber on both sides. -2.0 camber in the rear. This was with me in the car as well.
Originally Posted by vodalus,Feb 2 2006, 09:50 AM
I agree with adding slight toe-in for the rear. This will address the rear bump steer issue. The other solution is to get the BSK (Bump Steer Kit), which will allow you to run nearly zero toe-in without problems.
http://www.gofastlab.com/s2ki/product.php?...3&cat=33&page=1
Drop by my place and you can see it up close (car's currently up on jacks).
Drop by my place and you can see it up close (car's currently up on jacks).








