November 2, 2007 - Alignment time.
I'm trying a new alignment on this car (because I'm not trying enough other new things!) that has a fair bit of negative camber up front. I was aiming for about 2 degrees. Unfortunately, the right front wheel refused to cooperate, and the alignment tech was only able to get 1.2 degrees. Not what I was looking for! Part of this is due to my relatively high ride height, but the left front didn't have any trouble. So I'll be inspecting that area of the suspension later for problems. It didn't show up the last time the car was on the rack because I was aiming for far less negative camber and I had a lower ride height. It is odd, though, when I had the car on the lift yesterday I checked all the cams and they all appeared to have a lot of adjustment left.
The resulting setup has about the same camber front and rear while I had been planning on a slight front bias. I hope my collection of sway bars will allow me to make the car handle reasonably well. It doesn't really matter much, though, as I'm going to have to test all over again once I find my missing camber. Sigh. At least I'll be able to spend some more time on shock settings, the rest of the testing won't tell me much. Instead of a test session, it's going to be more of a play session. It's a shame, I don't have another opportunity at this track until May and it's a fairly major expedition to get there.
tags: ergonomics, exhaust, alignment, engine |
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