L series Wheel alignment specs

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:23 pm

can anyone recommend the best alignment settings for an lseries...the vehicle will have adjustable camber and caster as well...cheers...

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:48 pm

As much Negative Camber (ie bottom of wheel out as far is can) as you can get out of the kit (2 degrees negative is pretty good handling without tyres rubbing) and as much Negative Castor as you can get without rubing the front gaurd. And the wheels toeing slightly in, maybe 2-3mm depending on castor and camber. Most good wheel aligners should know what to set it at. Check out the site below, it should help.
http://www.mrtrally.com.au/performance/howctc.htm
Although on a remote control car the same principle applies.
http://www.hpiracing.com/tuning/chap_7.htm
On my ute i am running about 2 degrees of both Castor and Camber and 3mm toe in. It handles great, you may be able to lift wheels before it stops gripping on the front quite scary..... And still has even tyre wear. But it depends on what you want and what your car gets used for.

waggaclint · Post by **waggaclint** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:37 pm

just found subaru specs they reckon-
*toe-in 2 to 5mm
*caster 1.45
*camber 1.35
so thats not much of difference just bit more caster and camber....ill see a couple of w/alignment guys i no and see what they reckon ive got some adjustable strut tops to put in (just got em this arvo nolathane ones they look pretty good ill put em in tommorow) then ill get it set up hopefully its makes a difference....

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:16 am

Subaru is Postive both camber and castor. 3 and a bit degreees change is heaps when you are talking wheel alignments.

Xtreme_RX · Post by **Xtreme_RX** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:11 am

The Subaru specs are crap!
1 to 1.5 deg negative camber is around the ideal camber setting. Just so the tyres wear evenly.

mroberts · Post by **mroberts** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:39 pm

Curious about the toe-IN on the front. I thought that for FWD cars you typically wanted to start with positive or neutral toe because the forward pull of the wheels would tend to toe them in naturally.

Oversteer · Post by **Oversteer** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:23 pm

As a good suspension guy....all the Lseries I`ve had set-up have been done ignoring the factory specs if you have any modifications to std(ie springs, ride hieght etc)

mroberts is right....if its a front wheel drive car it must run some toe out....if you`ve turned it into awd you can go near neutral...

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