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Old 04-02-2011, 06:47 PM
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jpfletch1 Jim there is a little more that just toe,
I am going to start with the road and how high is the crown??
I am going to look at your added weight to the car? 175,200,250, 275??
This all needs to be taken into alignment.
Was the car corners weighted with your weight in the drivers seat?
For camber, run about .5-1.0 of pos camber front, for rear about .75- camber
caster needs to be between .3-.4 cross different between the 2 sides.
If the car has power steering run about 3.0-3.5+, if manual 1.0-2.0+ caster
toe in the front 1/16 toe in, rear toe about the same.
Thrust angle "0" front to back of car.
As far as tires, you need matching pairs. High speed balance
If the car sits on concrete for couple of days the tires may develop flat spots.
The last thing on this Jim is that there is almost no chance of you falling asleep at the wheel,but I would prefer to hit something on my side of the road than cross and have a head on.
You might try to change just air pressures to stop drift if the car is drifting right. this is not a bad thing. Pull is a problem that needs to be addressed. Last thing, When you go to have the car aligned, Ask when the last time the machine was calibrated?? I have gotten cars and truck done at outside shops, ( people trying to save a couple of dollars) and the cars come in 1/4" off on toe alone. Our machine gets 2 calibrations a year. With cars having $500.00 tires each, these people want cars to get max wear life out of tires and the car to track straight down the road. Good luck, do basics first with weights at corners. Forgot, Do you have a passenger?? This will effect the car pulling also. Pulls more with passenger, alignment is off. Rick L.
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