contrarian

#1

most people slot their strut towers on the inside, but not me

#2

Let’s play Jeopardy! style.

Answer: Tower’s strut towers, slotted on the outboard sides.

Question: What modifications are necessary if you run a cheater subframe?

How much did I win?

#3

i’ll even show you how to do it! http://vimeo.com/11413618

#4

How much front camber do you run?

#5

Jason’s alignment was a mess. What we’re seeing is an attempt to get normal alignment #'s. A little bit of frame rail twist and a car’s front shock tower could easily move a bit. When I hit the tire wall at CMP last month my drivetrain tried hard to leap out of the car. The engine’s right motormount put some twist in the right frame rail. I bet that the only thing that prevented my shock tower from relocating a bit was my beefy steel shock tower brace.

#6

Don’t feel bad, I just had to do the same thing.

#7

Sean,

What happened to you?

#8

It had been a while since I did a good, accurate alignment of the car and I found the front right corner with too much camber. It was probably caused by the wall at Pocono a few years back, but it was on a frame machine after that, got an alignment after and I haven’t had any significant front impacts since then, so who knows. Maybe 4.5 seasons has taken it’s toll. I’ll get back on a frame machine after Hyperfest.

#9

Well that’s good to hear? I was afraid that you’d done some custom alignment against an imovable object :ohmy:

#10

I found out that both my rear arms were bent and I have only been running a true -1degree of rear camber. Had them straightened and am running roughly -3deg. I will have is at RA this weekend to see what type of diffrence it makes. I am sure I will now have to mess with settings and pressures because it is going to feel like a new car. Oh well we will see. lol