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Dale
Quote: Originally Posted by bodizapha13
The first night wasnt to bad. He had on all his clothes during back rub. It was the next day when he came out in a thong already oiled up that I had to call in Tim's help. He knows how to "handle" Dale.
did you wreck your shit? the SAI should be the same right to left and the Included angle should be the same right to left, or no more than .5 difference!
and what is the toe measured in? inches or degrees?
anywho, I don't like your numbers! it shouldn't be driving very good!
oh and I was a brake suspension mechanic for a good while...and these numbers aren't good, I think you might have gotten confused, i hope so at least, maybe your right angle sai and your right angle included angle are supposed to say right angle sai and left angle sai, I hope so at least
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Originally posted by D-man Below are my alignment specs after the dealer did it. Please let me know if this is good or not. I have no idea what I am looking at
Front left caster 3.3
Front right caster 3.8
Front left Camber -0.2
Front Right camber -0.3
Front left Toe 0.15
Front right toe 0.05
total 0.20
Rear left Camber -1.4
Rear Right camber -1.2
Rear left toe 0.15
Rear Right toe 0.15
total 0.30
SAI left 11.8
SAI right 10.0
Included Angle left 11.6
Included Angle Right 9.7
Setback front -0.4
Setback rear -0.1
Last edited by westtexbluesrt4 : 01-13-2004 at 08:00 PM.
mostly yes, you want some difference in the caster at least, we went for .5 more on the right than the left, it made it drive straight on a crowned road.
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Originally posted by paeva I haven't seen any specs for the Included Angle, SAI, or Setback. It looks like they thought your car was rwd. The rear has 4X-7X's the camber the front has. Shouldn't everthing be the same on both sides? Or at least real close.
Originally posted by cali How does caster affect that? Isn;t caster the same as tilt?
Yep... he must have meant camber, caster is pretty much only adjustable with an SUV or or really tall curb...
The alignment doesn't look bad to me, they could have done a better job with the front toe adjustment, but the camber looks about right after lowering with a spring like the Goldline. You see, camber, like caster, is non adjustable, and unless you install camber plates or slot the struts like the Mopar Stage 3's are, the only adjustments you have are toe....
And for the person adjusting his camber, caster, or toe to account for the crown in the road, do you readjust it before entering parking lots, or driving on streets other than the ones you 'adjusted' for? How does the side to side inclination of the vehicle affect how the car tracks in a straight line? It doesn't, if the alignment is setup properly for a flay, level surface.
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Originally posted by cali The rears have caster adjustment dont they?
BTW : Dale how much camber adjustment can you get outta your KW's?
If you wanted to adjust rear caster, I suppose you could shim the 'trailing arm' but I don't see a need for having anything but zero... Caster is pretty much the tendancy of the steering wheel to want to 'rezero' itself during a turn. The more + caster (think chopper motorcycle) the more the vehicle wants to go in a straight line, the more - caster (think shopping cart), the more a vehicle will allow to you turn and turn without providing resistance.
KW camber- Although I set the camber for zero (thanks for reminding me to realign before the NATs), we estimated a -2.5 to -3.0 max front camber adjustment. "Estimated" was the key word there...
Well they say caster is non-adjustable, but based on the fact that i di my bushings, I cannot see why they said so. The rear trailing arm can be turned quite a bit, thats why I asked.
Originally posted by westtexbluesrt4 did you wreck your shit? the SAI should be the same right to left and the Included angle should be the same right to left, or no more than .5 difference!
and what is the toe measured in? inches or degrees?
anywho, I don't like your numbers! it shouldn't be driving very good!
oh and I was a brake suspension mechanic for a good while...and these numbers aren't good, I think you might have gotten confused, i hope so at least, maybe your right angle sai and your right angle included angle are supposed to say right angle sai and left angle sai, I hope so at least
Nope, Not wrecked.. I typed up everything just as it was on the paper printout they gave me.
Originally posted by westtexbluesrt4 did you wreck your shit? the SAI should be the same right to left and the Included angle should be the same right to left, or no more than .5 difference!
and what is the toe measured in? inches or degrees?
anywho, I don't like your numbers! it shouldn't be driving very good!
oh and I was a brake suspension mechanic for a good while...and these numbers aren't good, I think you might have gotten confused, i hope so at least, maybe your right angle sai and your right angle included angle are supposed to say right angle sai and left angle sai, I hope so at least
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