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I checked my frontend alignment last night and found some problems. I'll note first that I lowered the front of the car before the last event and didn't have time to redo the whole alignment. I checked camber and toe. But not caster. I also didn't think caster would have changed or been so far off.
Before the first event I set caster to +6 degrees. Last night I measured +4 degrees, far from where I want it to be. Therefore, there wasn't very much camber change when turning the wheels. I increased caster to 8 degrees as suggested in the Griggs installation document. Static camber increased to -2-7/8 degrees and when steering 20 degs in either direction camber change increased to -3-7/8 degrees on outside and to +3/4 degrees on inside. I also noticed a lot more jacking effect. Hopefully this simple change will get me back to where I was last year.
Eventually, I want to take the car to get an alignment on an alignment machine. Luckily, we have a local shop that is very friendly with our car club. Otherwise, I wouldn't trust a shop to know how to do it or what values to set the car to.
Before the first event I set caster to +6 degrees. Last night I measured +4 degrees, far from where I want it to be. Therefore, there wasn't very much camber change when turning the wheels. I increased caster to 8 degrees as suggested in the Griggs installation document. Static camber increased to -2-7/8 degrees and when steering 20 degs in either direction camber change increased to -3-7/8 degrees on outside and to +3/4 degrees on inside. I also noticed a lot more jacking effect. Hopefully this simple change will get me back to where I was last year.
Eventually, I want to take the car to get an alignment on an alignment machine. Luckily, we have a local shop that is very friendly with our car club. Otherwise, I wouldn't trust a shop to know how to do it or what values to set the car to.