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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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| Dave_Darling |
Jun 23 2025, 11:59 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,192 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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If you set up a vertical line, you can measure from that line to the top of the wheel and the bottom of the wheel. The trig to find the angle at that point is easy if you have a calculator (or calculator app on your phone or if you can Google).
Vertical lines are just a string and a plumb-bob away. --DD |
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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
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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 Olympic 914 Full disclosure...
Its not at -3deg. Whenever I w... Jun 22 2025, 09:34 AM |
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