Downforce and alignment

[DavidKFla]

sorry about the hijack.

 

[AlleyCat]

No problem. Had a h.a. Six yrs ago. 6 stents. My best friend 22 years ago had a massive h.a. at the drag strip. I gave him cpr and the firemen paddled him. No good. Only 42.

 

[AlleyCat]

So I spoke with the owner of the alignment shop. He said to fill it up with fuel as I would do at the track. He has a simulator that can put 200 pounds in the drivers seat. Then he will work on getting rid of the .26 toe on the drivers side. He will make sure the tie rods are tight, bushings are good, etc. then hopefully get that to about zero. I am going to drop her off Monday afternoon.

 

[DGatzby]

So I spoke with the owner of the alignment shop. He said to fill it up with fuel as I would do at the track. He has a simulator that can put 200 pounds in the drivers seat. Then he will work on getting rid of the .26 toe on the drivers side. He will make sure the tie rods are tight, bushings are good, etc. then hopefully get that to about zero. I am going to drop her off Monday afternoon.

Sounds good. Good luck.

 

[AlleyCat]

Positive front toe is counter intuitive. That actually means the front of the tire is pointing toward the center of the car. So at .26 positive no wonder why I am battling the wheel left at the big end.

 

[vortecd]

You need to get some AAD arms on your car/ Based on what I see you would want 6 tab on driver side and 5 on passenger side. That would get you to +.20 or so on each side

I run my car around 1/2 tank at the track so I took it in that way. Parker at AAD didn't seem to think it mattered much about weight in the car when doing it

 

[AlleyCat]

In the front AAD only makes them for the upper arms which I have. AAD tells me it has nothing to do with toe. I was told by zach at aad he likes the toe at a .10. All I know is it did change a hell of a lot with the simulated driver. Went to .26 on the drivers toe. Probably a worn ball joint. They will figure it out. I have the AAD in the front.

 

[vortecd]

In the front AAD only makes them for the upper arms which I have. AAD tells me it has nothing to do with toe. I was told by zach at aad he likes the toe at a .10. All I know is it did change a hell of a lot with the simulated driver. Went to .26 on the drivers toe. Probably a worn ball joint. They will figure it out. I have the AAD in the front.

I'm talking rear being you drag race. Front just needs to be aligned the same on each side. I also did about .10 toe in.

 

[AlleyCat]

All I know something needs to be fixed on the front left. Sketchy/scary.

 

[AlleyCat]

Can you align the toe on the front? I know the camber can be adjusted. I think caster is set in stone.

 

[vortecd]

Can you align the toe on the front? I know the camber can be adjusted. I think caster is set in stone.

Every car you can align the toe from the factory. You can also do the toe on the rear of our cars.