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Alignment questions
So I had changed the alignment for the track and I'm guessing I got too much toe in the rear, with the result that after about 3k miles on the road, the rear tires have scrubbed and are at the wear limit.
Today I had the alignment done at a chain tire place and they took out a lot of toe in the rear but they also set the front camber at 0, where before I had almost 1 deg neg camber. My question is, can I just loosen the strut mounts and adjust the camber myself, or will changing the camber change the toe? |
Toe is always the last adjustment when doing an aligment because it does not affect the other angles. Changing Camber will more than likely affect toe.
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Yes, sliding your struts inboard will induce a little toe-out. This might be ok depending on other settings. I wonder why you had overkill toe-in on the rear before. That is not a performance alignment I would choose.
My performance alignment targets for stock suspension: F -.8deg camber 0 toe max castor R -1.2deg Camber 1/16th total toe-in (just a touch) This setup results in best performance on the track and excellent tire wear. Maybe time for a Porsche performance shop to do your alignments? |
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Anyone know of a good shop in the Miami/Ft Lauderdale area? |
This guy gets it. If he doesn't do alignments, he knows who does good work in your area:
Service and Maintenance: Independent Porsche Service and Maintenance in South Florida :cheers: |
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Due to the control arm geometry on these cars, changing camber seems to have a large effect on toe. I would not try to change camber any without checking toe afterward. |
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