This alignment good?
This alignment good? Replaced all the bushings and ball joints and took the car for an alignment. They said they did not have a caster/camber tool but I would be fine. Not that I don't trust anybody..... concerned about my tire wear, tires are new. Does this look good???
TECH Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 5,798
Likes: 16
From: St.Charles MO
Looks good to me.
If you like hard cornering you will want more negative camber otherwise the outside edges of your front tires will wear faster, otherwise for just street driving this is good.
How does the car drive with all the new stuff?
If you like hard cornering you will want more negative camber otherwise the outside edges of your front tires will wear faster, otherwise for just street driving this is good.
How does the car drive with all the new stuff?
The new Koni's are real nice and the suspension is very good! The only thing I don't like is it feels like I have a lot of play in the steering wheel, not sure why that is. I went from all poly to all Moog bushings and ball joints. I was thinking there was something wrong with the alignment that's why I posted. I drove the car to Firestone with old tires on the front and just put the new ones back on, maybe that will help. Thanx for the reply, I know a lot but not everything. 
The numbers look good for a handling oriented application. I would prefer to see the caster angles closer to each other though. I would see if they could get them dialed in a little better. But everything else looks good
__________________
Glenn ***
Sales Tech
www.bmrsuspension.com
813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
Glenn ***
Sales Tech
www.bmrsuspension.com
813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
I bought the lifetime alignment. What would be a number I should go after.
Is the car primarily street driven or does it see a lot of track time? I would say if they could meet in the middle around 4.7 would be good. Most street , street/strip cars run around 4.5-5* so anywhere in this range would be good. I would just prefer to see the numbers match or close to it
__________________
Glenn ***
Sales Tech
www.bmrsuspension.com
813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
Glenn ***
Sales Tech
www.bmrsuspension.com
813.986.9302
Find a Quality alignment shop near you!
Is the car primarily street driven or does it see a lot of track time? I would say if they could meet in the middle around 4.7 would be good. Most street , street/strip cars run around 4.5-5* so anywhere in this range would be good. I would just prefer to see the numbers match or close to it
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo It is really sad that people like you LS1121 ruin tech by having nothing better to do then derail threads posting derogatory, illiterate, unhelpful garbage. Do a search on how many posts there on this subject, tech lost many good people. I made sure to spell everything out so even you understand.
The CNC machine I use at work requires me to wear gloves. Instead of registered reged popped up in my phone and I hit send. I was looking for more information on the alignment specs Eric gave the op.
It is really sad that people like you LS1121 ruin tech by having nothing better to do then derail threads posting derogatory, illiterate, unhelpful garbage. Do a search on how many posts there on this subject, tech lost many good people. I made sure to spell everything out so even you understand.
It is really sad that people like you LS1121 ruin tech by having nothing better to do then derail threads posting derogatory, illiterate, unhelpful garbage. Do a search on how many posts there on this subject, tech lost many good people. I made sure to spell everything out so even you understand.
But if you spent as much time reading this post you would see that this is MY POST! just sayin. Try growing up just a little.
If we get back to the alignment. It looks like, no, it is nothing special. It's barely out of stock spec. It's not a handling alignment to be sure and it's not really anything they do different than they do all day every day, which is turn the bars green. -.4 isn't in range, for what they have on specs, but I know my machine and the specs I have on the car (not that I care much) are about 0 camber +/- .3. Meaning -.3 on my machine is GM specs, which is meant to make the car understeer.
Hell the 2005-2014 Mustang, even the V-6 speced -.75 +/- .75. What's there is just, basically stock.
If caster is going to not match, and it doesn't have to, but you'd typically want more caster lead on the RF to counter road crowns. The side with less caster will cause the car to pull that way. And caster adds dynamic camber when you turn, so when you turn hard left you gain less camber on the RF than you do on the LF when turning left.
Hell the 2005-2014 Mustang, even the V-6 speced -.75 +/- .75. What's there is just, basically stock.
If caster is going to not match, and it doesn't have to, but you'd typically want more caster lead on the RF to counter road crowns. The side with less caster will cause the car to pull that way. And caster adds dynamic camber when you turn, so when you turn hard left you gain less camber on the RF than you do on the LF when turning left.
__________________
www.stranoparts.com --814-849-3450
Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
www.stranoparts.com --814-849-3450
Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
I ended up replacing my steering rack and that cured much of the wandering, and especially the car darting on its own on rough/bumpy roads on the highway at 50+ mph.
Thanx guys.......... It was me. I jacked the car up and wiggled the wheel and it was loose. The bolts on the rack loosened up or I just did not do a good job at tightening. I'm going to go for a ride and see how it is. Thanx again.