Corner balance, any tips? Options

[tradisrad]

I am going to corner blance my 914 in the next week or so and I am looking for any tips that my help.

I picked up a set of Mad Racing scales, a Longacre caster/camber gauge and toe plates off of CL for $200. After I purchased said items I could not find a lot of info on the Mad Racing scales:



I did find that folks don't like these scales especially when compared to the Longacre digital scales. It also seems that there is a question about repeatability and accuracy with this type of scale. But they are what I have.

So, I would appreciate any advice on using these scales as well as the camber/caster gauge & toe plates.

My suspension set up is:
Elephant Poly Bronze x 4
GPR front bar
Stock torsion
Upper front monoballs
150lb Eibach springs w/ ground control
Bilstein shocks x 4
Turbo tie rods & bump steer.

[tradisrad]

I spent some time last weekend playing with the corner balance on my car, the I put my tool away and went climbing in Yosemite.

First I have always thought that the car sits a little lower on the right rear than it does on the left rear. There is/was a 1/3" to 1/2" difference between the fender and rim from the left to right side; the left side having the larger gap. I have no reason to believe that the car has been wrecked or that the chassis is tweaked in any other way and the suspension points look great.

To get my corner weights more even I had to raise the left rear and this helped with the weights, but it exaggerates the distance between the rim and fender even more than it was and the car appears to sit crooked.

Also I found that adjusting the front torsion bars had little to no effect on distrubiting the weight of the car.

This all leads me to a few more questions.
1. is it possible that my car is not square from the factory and that is why it has the difference in height between the rim and fender?
2. why did adjusting the torsion bar have no effect on distributing the cars weight?
3. Once the corner balance is complete will the car sit even (I dont think so, but I have to ask) and how uneven can it be?

I saw pictures of Andys car when he corner balanced it and mine looks a little like his does from the rear and to the best of the knowledge my car has not been wrecked. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=50515&st=0

I'll post the weights and changes this evening. I dont have the info at work.

[SirAndy]

1. is it possible that my car is not square from the factory and that is why it has the difference in height between the rim and fender?
2. why did adjusting the torsion bar have no effect on distributing the cars weight?
3. Once the corner balance is complete will the car sit even (I dont think so, but I have to ask) and how uneven can it be?

1. I highly doubt it ...

2. You do know that to increase weight on a corner you have to *RAISE* that corner? It's somewhat counter-intuitive at first and a lot of people try to go the other way.

3. If the tub is straight, it will sit even left to right but probably not front to rear.


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