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![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,738 Joined: 7-July 11 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 13,287 Region Association: North East States ![]() ![]() |
This winter I installed Koni Adj strut inserts in the front, and just left the alignment settings where they were at.
I borrowed a buddy's Camber/Caster gauge and decided to fine tune things today. Started out putting 185lbs in the drivers seat. (my weight) and then set the ride height all around. putting the front A-arms at level. Then went about checking the Camber. on the front they were only slightly different, So I set them both at -3 deg camber. Caster seemed OK at 6 deg. so I left it there. Rear camber is -2.5 deg (2. 30min?) on the right and -2.62 (2.37min) left. I really don't want to mess with this. It seems to handle pretty good. Is that too much front camber for a street car? I'm not really too worried about tire wear. ![]() |
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Person.Woman.Man.Camera.TV ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 574 Joined: 1-March 19 From: East Bay Region - California Member No.: 22,920 Region Association: Northern California ![]() ![]() |
I don't know if this is of any help to you, but here are the numbers for my most recent alignment on my 1975 1.8, done after replacing the trailing arm bushings. These are the settings they told me were the best for street driving. This is a shop that is experienced in aligning 914s. I questioned this as to me the rear wheels look like they have too much negative camber and they certainly aren't the numbers you'll find in the shop manual, but I confirmed that is what they wanted and I had another shop check it out and confirm they felt it was correct. It drives fine and I'm also not worried about tire wear as they will age out before I get even close to wearing them out. You're going to get lots of different opinions on this, as I found out...
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