Front Camber Adjustment??

[insite]

no offense, but you need a new alignment guy. the boxster's front camber adjustment is typical of any car with McStruts; nothing special here. if he didn't know that, there may be a lot of things he doesn't know.

[JackG]

Maybe I caught him on a bad day or something. He's been doing alignments for 30 years, owns his own shop, and is well respected in the area as a good front end guy. He did admit that he rarely sees Porsches, and since his main reference said it was not adjustable, maybe he just assumed that it wasn't, or that the limited amount available with the factory setup wouldn't fix my problem. ???

Unfortunately, the only true high-performance alignment shop I'm aware of is over an hour away. Sounds like I should start making some phone calls.

[insite]

if he has the right machine and more than half a brain, he should be able to do it no prob. just make sure you give him the settings to hit; the factory specs allow too wide a variation to guarantee good handling.

for a street car, aim for -.6 deg camber up front, -1.1 deg camber in back, zero toe up front, a TINY bit of toe-in in back.

[silver arrow]

Originally Posted by insite

if he has the right machine and more than half a brain, he should be able to do it no prob. just make sure you give him the settings to hit; the factory specs allow too wide a variation to guarantee good handling.

for a street car, aim for -.6 deg camber up front, -1.1 deg camber in back, zero toe up front, a TINY bit of toe-in in back.

Well, I was going for more rotation, but you are probably closer for a DD. I autocross/DD and an experienced driver. I may have been a little over zealous with my recommendation, especially in the rain I'm already counter steering the second I give it throttle. :dance:

[insite]

Originally Posted by silver arrow

Well, I was going for more rotation, but you are probably closer for a DD. I autocross/DD and an experienced driver. I may have been a little over zealous with my recommendation, especially in the rain I'm already counter steering the second I give it throttle. :dance:

hey, i'm w/ you. my car sees a lot of track time and i loathe understeer. i usually go -1.1/-2.1 camber F/R and 0 toe front, 0 toe rear unless it's a really fast track, in which case i'll add a sliver of rear toe in.....

for a street car, the numbers i provided earlier will work great & save your tires.

[JackG]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I pulled out the Bentley manual last night, and it covers camber adjustment, along with a diagram showing that there are elongated holes on the strut mounts to give you room for adjustment. Armed with this info I can get my camber problem resolved.

[John V]

If you're one degree out of spec something is bent or broken. I would take the car to a tech and have it gone over. You only get about .5-.7 degrees of adjustment out of the slots in the strut towers.

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