Guest Anonymous Posted March 30, 2001 Share Posted March 30, 2001 Hi Everyone, I'm experimenting with different alignment specs. and wanted to know what some of you guys have done. If you could provide me with the following: 1. front/rear camber 2. front/rear toe 3. caster 4. your rim size/tire size 5. v8/L6/? 6. ecentric cam bushings? type? material? 7. sway bars? adjustable? Because of my super wide rims and tires, 16x10 front, 16x13 rear I have to be much more conservative with alignment specs. My car is EXTREMELY sensative to bumpsteer. Hoover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted March 30, 2001 Share Posted March 30, 2001 When I ran 15X8s and competed in AutoX I ran the following: 1.5 Neg. Camber front Zero Tow .75 Neg. Camber Rear Zero Tow 5 degrees Positive Caster with Aluminum shims I used the adjustable bsuhings in the rear and an adjustable control arm up front. Tires were 225-50-15 up front and a 265-50-15 out back. I used this with a modified L6, but also ran the same setup with my current V8 project on the street, except for the caster, only ran 3 degrees positive caster. My current setup allows for caster setup with our adjustable TC rods to well over 12 degrees positive caster, and the newer design adjustable control arms for my car. I also have done the bump steer mod and I use camber plates in the rear, and I'm in the middle of designing my own Camber plates for the front. Coil overs and Tokico Premiums are being used at all corners. New wheels and tires are: 17X9 at all corners with a 255-40-17 up front and a 275-40-17 out back. Mike ------------------ http://hometown.aol.com/dat74z/myhomepage/auto.html "I will not be a spectator in the sport of life!" mjk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 30, 2001 Share Posted March 30, 2001 Mike, Where did you get the adjustable bushings for the rear toe? or did you have something custom? Hoover My car has about .65 degree on each side and that's probably too much for my wide tires. I want to get it down to zero like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted March 30, 2001 Share Posted March 30, 2001 Hoover, I used those crappy aluminum units sold by VB, MSA, and Arizona Zcar. However, Our custom rear control arms will do away with the need for those aluminum pieces of crap. Hope to have something done by lat spring, early summer. They are basically like the units Simmon made. Mike ------------------ http://hometown.aol.com/dat74z/myhomepage/auto.html "I will not be a spectator in the sport of life!" mjk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 30, 2001 Share Posted March 30, 2001 Mike, Very cool! If I don't figure out something by then, I'll check back with you on the lower control arms. My fronts are 2 (maybe a bit more) degree negative camber with rears at 1.7 degree negative camber. I then adjusted my front sway bar and the car handled with a lot of oversteer. It was kind of fun to have such quick steering, but I had to be really careful negotiating short turngs. Before this, the car snow plowed itself through large banking turns. Taking away some of my camber will help a lot with the oversteer. I'll also adjust my rear sway bar and see what happens. I know the Scarab conversions are a bad design (that's what I have). But my wide rims sure do compensate a lot. I can't begin to imagine how the car would handle if I set the engine back and lower it about 2".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted March 31, 2001 Share Posted March 31, 2001 street or track?i change car for track days.street is -1.5 camber 3 caster .1 inch toe rear -.7 camber toe .2 toe-toe is inward.track is -3.5 camber 0 toe 3 castor rear is -2.5 camber .2 toe in .toe units are tenths of an inch.i set the car up on hunter alingment rack at work the night before a track event and realign when i get home.i drive it to track on track tires.you can test drive it at stanford nissan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted March 31, 2001 Share Posted March 31, 2001 Alignment specs for my 1970 Solo2 BSP car: L6, 15 x 8 rims, Kevlar offset bushings, non-adjustable anti-roll bars. Ride height: 4.5" Rake: .5" negative Cross weights: Diag 50.2% - 49.8%, Long 50.1% - 49.9% Front Camber: 3.5 degrees negative Camber gain: .5 degrees negative Caster: 6.5 degrees positive Toe: 3/8" out Bump: 1/8" out Rear Camber: 3 degrees negative Camber gain: .5 degrees negative Caster: forgot...? Toe: 3/16" in ------------------ John Coffey johnc@betamotorsports.com [This message has been edited by johnc (edited March 30, 2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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