alignment

#1

Here is my question. Is there anyone who has the equipment and the know how to help me adjust my alignment/toe at Summit on Friday afternoon or Saturday evening?

I believe that the toe is out of whack on my car. I have read a lot about it and I think I’m beginning to understand but not totally. I’m heading to Summit on Friday and I have some other work to do on the car tomorrow and maybe Thursday.

If nobody can help me out, I may need to take it to an alignment shop but I really haven’t found anyone around that I trust.

Any help is appreciated. I’ll bring the beer!

Jason

#2

Are you participating in the NASA event at Summit? If so, which run group?

If you have to take the car in for an alignment, I’ve had good luck with Convenience Car Care.

#3

Get an alignment before you go!! Why waste your time at the track fiddling with it if you know that it needs to be adjusted? You’re not going to find a perfectly level surface, anyway. You can make adjustments at the track if you need to, but it’s never the best way (unless you’re making adjustments between sessions and trying to gauge their impact, but that’s what test days are for). Start calling some people or shops in your area to see who will do it. If you give them the specs to set it to, any half-competent shop should be able to do it.

As a ROUGH base-line alignment, maximize your front negative camber (-3.5 degrees is the max negative allowed), run 1/8" toe OUT in front, 1/16" toe IN in the rear, and between -2 to -3 deg camber in the rear.

At the track, if you can find someone with a pyrometer, you can get your tire temps when you come off track and those will give you a good indication of how to tweak your alignment before the next event.