Alignment too aggresive?

[Kafn8td]

My suspension mods are H&R Race Springs, Steeda Bump Steer and Steeda 3 bolt C/C plates. Had it aligned today and found a couple of interesting items...

I had installed the C/C plates with the bolts through the longer slots. The lowest the Camber could be adjusted to was -1.7 degrees (on the left side). The right would go lower, but they went ahead and matched the right side (-1.6 degrees).

Caster was set at 4.0 degrees
Toe was set at .12 degrees

Rear camber is at -0.9 degrees
and toe is at .12 degrees.
Thrust is 0

Does this look ok? Or is the Camber too aggresive on the front? I am a rookie when it comes to the suspension stuff, so any help is appreciated

 

[Kafn8td]

anybody?

 

[Snake Eyes]

I would want more caster up front (max possible) but the rest looks good.

 

[racebronco2]

my spec are almost the same as yours except i have almost 6.0 degrees caster in the front

 

[Kafn8td]

Thanks for the replies guys!
While looking at it last night I noticed something very strange! The Drivers side C/C plate is pushed all the way to the stops on the outside of the car. The passenger side is pushed fully to the inside! What the heck??? The alignment was done on a Hunter machine, and it seems to drive great. But it doesn't make any sense to me. The car has 2,600 miles on it.
Could quality control from Ford be that bad, or did putting springs on it change the set up that much???

 

[Snake40]

tttfy

 

[Mr. Mysti]

What are you doing with the car? How you use your car will dictate how you want your alignment. .02

 

[Bingo13]

anybody?

Street Alignment- (17x9 at all four wheels)
Front Camber
-1.5 degrees L/R (street tires)
Front Caster
4.5 degrees L/R (too much and this car will steer like a bus)
Front Toe-
1/16th in or zero- L/R (depends on driving conditions)
Thrust Angle-
0

Rear Camber-
-1.0 degrees L/R
Rear Toe-
1/16th in

Aggressive Street Alignment- (17x9 at all four wheels)
Front Camber
-2.0 degrees L/R (using street R compound tire, Nitto RII/Toyo RA1)
Front Caster
5.5 degrees L/R
Front Toe-
0- L/R
Thrust Angle-
0

Rear Camber-
-1.5 degrees L/R
Rear Toe-
1/16th in

Track alignment-

Depends on the track, tire, driving style, and experience.

 

[Farmer-Ted]

Street Alignment- (17x9 at all four wheels)
Rear Camber-
1.0 degrees L/R

Rear Camber-
1.5 degrees L/R

Are you saying positive camber on the rear?

 

[ShelbyGuy]

probably, unless you're like me and cord the outside of tires....

i would add more caster. thats the whole reason why you bought the plates. why stick with the factory caster setting?

you dont say whether its toe in or toe out so i can only ASSume its toe in.

camber and tire pressure are for the car. caster and toe are for the driver.

how did you want the car to handle? toe settings make a difference.

 

[saleen_4_me]

On my car I have c/c plates and one side is maxed out, and the other still has lots of adjustment.

 

[racebronco2]

on my o4 cobra the front r/l cambers settings are not equal (distance from strut to edge of hole in body) .... the rear camber the most i could get out of the drivers side was -.5 ... passenger side is set at -1.0 camber ... had to take a die grinder to the drivers side to get -1.0 camber

 

[Kafn8td]

well it seems I'm not the only one that has one side maxed out so I don't feel so bad. Looks like the settings are good for everyday agressive driving. Thanks for the help!

 

[Bingo13]

Are you saying positive camber on the rear?

No, the copy and paste from a previous response did not come over correctly. Message edited.