Also remember that you need more camber on a stock suspension than on a very firm aftermarket suspension. The stock suspension gets compressed a lot more, so you need more negative camber to start with.
At 09:45 AM 5/21/01 -0700, John Caldwell wrote: >On Mon, 21 May 2001 [email protected] wrote: > >> In a message dated 5/21/01 8:21:26 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] >> writes: >> >> >> > Now time for an alignment. Any suggestions? I have heard -5 degree camber? >> > >> > Z >> > >> >> Whoa that's way to too much. Besides I don't think you can't get that much >> unless you have the upper strut plate. If you want to run "a lot" of negative >> camber, I'd say about -2.5. But unless you drive hard enough on the street >> you'll mess up your tires pretty quick. Anyone feel free to correct me on >> this, I'm not the "professional". :-) >> > >Half of a degree is still within spec- if you take your car to a shop and >don't ask for the spec sheet, chances are you could have up to half a >degree on one side or both. It's definitely not too much for the street. >On a straight car (no accidents, etc) you can usually get 1 to 1.25 >degrees negative. With crash bolts installed, you can get pretty close to >2.5 degrees negative. I have 2.4 on my car, and i'm not seeing any tire >wear problems. I've only had that much for a few months, but for almost >a year before that I had 1.25 degrees on both sides- still no tire wear >problems. I drive my car pretty hard on the street, so it's not really a >problem. I would not recommend settings like this on your mom's minivan, >but on anything else where you might take a freeway onramp a little faster >than normal here or there, it helps quite a bit. :) > > >_____________ >List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com >To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message >See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com >Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > ************** Patrick Austin [email protected] (617)782-9115 ************** _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
