[rdorman]

Carol Smiths book as a real good chapter on doing this yourself. We always did when we race Formula cars. Be SURE that the floor is level left to right. You don't need to worry much about front to back. Masonite or floor tiles make good shims to level out the floor. After any adjustment roll the car back or forward at least eight feet and bounce the suspension. Then double check your messurements. Record what each adjustment does to settings. For instance, 1 turn changed the toe x inches. This will save you a bunch of time in the future. Your first alignment will take forever to set up everything. If you follow all of Carols advice, a FULL weekend with running around for this and that during the week. But after that it should take no more than an hour. Mark the position of the shims and stands on the floor for a quick set up. You can not set the toe in the rear by measuring tread to tread or wheel to wheel. The total toe may be correct but the tires will most likely be pointing left or right as a set.

Then you could go the full route! Set all pieces equal in length. Measure everything so you can model the suspension and look at changes and how the effect each other. Work out the bump steer. Play with the ackerman. etc, etc, etc.

Have fun

Rick