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Re: Alignment Spec Suggestions
Posted by GeoffC [Email] (more from GeoffC) on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:45:04
In Reply to: Alignment Spec Suggestions, Roger (NAWC), Mon, 14 May 2007 07:08:06
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The only time I've paid to have a C900 or 99 aligned I asked them to set it at -1.5 camber, zero toe in, and I think around 2.5 on the caster. They ended up setting it around -1.25 on the camber and got the caster and toe about right. The car handled great and didn't wear the outsides of the tires like most C900s and 99s (which always have camber that is too positive). I few days later I took it to Lime Rock Park for the track day at SOC 2000. The car was an '85 SPG with a little more boost, OMP springs, Bilstein heavy duty shocks, and 205 street tires. I elected to be in the driving group with the fastest cars and most experienced drivers, I passed pretty much everyone on the track except one tallented driver in a Viggen who would pull away from me on the straights but I would push him through the corners, I was wishing he'd let me by so I could take the corners even faster. These cars just have better suspension systems.
Since then I've done a few 'ghetto alignments' using sticks and tape measures to set the toe and thrown some shims in to set the camber more negative when I saw wear on the outsides of the tires. I have a gauge to measure the camber and caster now, I just haven't bothered to find out what it is.
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