Jim, Help!! alignment question

[mykwikcoupe]

Is it time for a camber kit?

I went and got my alignment dojne today and this is what they came back with

left front right front
caster min -.5 max 1.5 before 1.6 after 1.1 before 1.4 after 1.3
cambermin -1 max 1 before -2.6after -2.8 before-2.3 after -2.3
toe min -.13max.13 before .05 after.00 before.15 after .00

left rear right rear
cambermin-1.0max 1.0 Before -1.4 after -1.5 before -1.2 after -1.3
Toe min-.09max .09 before .25 after .00 before .05 after .00

Front camber difference -.5
rear camber difference -.2
front caster difference -.2

So whats the verdict? Thanks for your help in this and all the other things youve helped with in the past once again. Mike

[shepherd79]

insted of making this thread you should PM him directly. this is a waist of board space.

[mykwikcoupe]

I have sent jim a PM mods could you please delete. Hey if you delete this post am I going to lose 2 posts?

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Yeah you'll lose 2 post.

Any how your pm inbox is full so he's the pm I tried to send you.

mykwikcoupe wrote on 11-13-2003 07:27 PM:
Jim, Help!! alignment question
Is it time for a camber kit?

I went and got my alignment dojne today and this is what they came back with

left front right front
caster min -.5 max 1.5 before 1.6 after 1.1 before 1.4 after 1.3
cambermin -1 max 1 before -2.6after -2.8 before-2.3 after -2.3
toe min -.13max.13 before .05 after.00 before.15 after .00

left rear right rear
cambermin-1.0max 1.0 Before -1.4 after -1.5 before -1.2 after -1.3
Toe min-.09max .09 before .25 after .00 before .05 after .00

Front camber difference -.5
rear camber difference -.2
front caster difference -.2

So whats the verdict? Thanks for your help in this and all the other things youve helped with in the past once again. Mike


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Looking at your front after camber specs of -2.6 and -2.3 that to me is the call for a front camber kit. That might mean prelude arms of a aftermarket kit, you decide which way to go. If it were me I'd set the front camber to to match the rear so like -1.2. I believe in some negitive camber for handling sake. The flip side is, negitive camber does effect avaliable traction off the line. But here with you currently running in the 2's in the front camber wise you'll pick up some launch traction if you dial that back to the -1.2 I'm recommending. Negitive in the two range isn't going to kill you in the short term, I just wouldn't drive around long term.

Hope that helps,

Jim C.

Hey, at least your car got aligned, my car almost got stuck on the alignment rack yesterday.

[Jims 86LXI HB]

Originally posted by shepherd79
insted of making this thread you should PM him directly. this is a waist of board space.

Well it would have been better for him to of asked for help from anyone, not just me. His question is one that come's up all the time and having it answered in public would help others who are maybe running the same setup, never have been to a alignment shop, realize that maybe they need to look into the same thing.

[mykwikcoupe]

thanks alot jim for the help. I just relied theres a sent messages catagory in the pm list. I was reading some of my first questions from like 2 years ago. Man was I ignorant. Any way thanks. Ill do a search and see how many degrees the prelude arms will give me. I remember reading once but have forgot the exact number. Thanks alot Mike

[AZmike]

If you don't mind a little more steering effort, increasing the caster will also help. More caster means that you get more camber as the steering is moved farther off-center (during a turn). This way you get the benefits of camber when you can use it and have less static camber for better braking and acceleration when going straight. Mine is set to the maximum right now, a little above 2 degrees. You also want to be sure that you don't have any cross-caster. If the caster is different from side to side the steering can pull one way more than the other.

Jim's advice on camber sounds good. I'm at about -0.8 degree front and rear. Just be sure to keep an eye on how your tires are wearing.