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| Olympic 914 |
 Jun 19 2025, 10:41 AM
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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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| Olympic 914 |
Jun 22 2025, 09:34 AM
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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
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Full disclosure...
Its not at -3deg. Whenever I would make adjustments the Zero would change. Just tapping on the strut would do it. The gauge has a factory set "0" but can be adjusted for a not level surface. Since I did it in my garage. There is a slight slope towards the center drain. It seems that the tires flexibility would compensate for a little bit off. After another round of measurements, it turns out that I can't get more than -1deg on the right but have more adjustment on the left. The car has been in a couple accidents, nothing serious but maybe enough to affect the adjustment. The guy I borrowed the gauge from had similar issues and stated he just got it close enough to drive it around until he got it professional aligned. I got it as close to equal on both sides as I could. It's more like -.75 now. |
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Olympic 914 Too much front Camber ? Jun 19 2025, 10:41 AM
fiacra I don't know if this is of any help to you, bu... Jun 19 2025, 10:58 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com 3 degrees neg in the front is outrageous, besides ... Jun 19 2025, 11:40 AM
Olympic 914
3 degrees neg in the front is outrageous, besides... Jun 20 2025, 09:11 AM jd74914
Outrageous... :blink:
-3 is quite a bit for ... Jun 20 2025, 02:59 PM stownsen914 -3 is a lot on a primarily street driven car. I do... Jun 22 2025, 08:38 AM Dave_Darling For spirited street driving, I prefer about 0.5 de... Jun 19 2025, 11:46 PM Geezer914 I am running negative 1.4 camber in front with 6°... Jun 20 2025, 07:53 AM brant My street car around negative 1.5 in front
I’ve... Jun 20 2025, 09:02 AM BillJ I have the same widths and don’t run that much c... Jun 20 2025, 12:55 PM Dave_Darling If you set up a vertical line, you can measure fro... Jun 23 2025, 11:59 PM |
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