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Old 11-07-2009, 06:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Corner Balanced and Aligned today

Guess i need some new camber arms. Had the height set at about 124 mm all around.

Before: (*note: negative toe is toe out)
Front Camber: Left = -0.7, Right = -1.0
Front Castor: Left = 2.5, Right = 3.0
Front Toe: Left = -0.46, Right = -0.46

Rear Camber: Left = -1.8, Right = -1.9
Rear Toe: Left = 0.28, Right = 0.01
Thrust Angle = 0.13

After
Front Camber: Left = -0.8, Right = -1.1
Front Castor: Left = 2.5, Right = 3.0
Front Toe: Left = -0.01, Right = -0.00

Rear Camber: Left = -1.7, Right = -1.4
Rear Toe: Left = 0.14, Right = 0.14
Thrust Angle = 0.00

Corner Weights
Total Weight (170 lbs ballast, full tank of gas) = 2097 lbs
Before
Cross Weight = 50.8%
LF=426 lbs.......RF=413 lbs
LR=652 lbs.......RR=606 lbs

After
Cross Weight = 50.0%
LF=433 lbs.......RF=406 lbs
LR=644 lbs.......RR=615 lbs
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Old 11-07-2009, 10:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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good job on the toe and corner weights. bad job on the camber if the front is maxed out,no shims inc the abs bracket.add one to the right front. if ther not all out take one out of the LF.you want it even .9 to 1.1 is what you get with the stock arms. In the rear take out 3 on the LR and 4on the RR to get to appprox-2.4 .also you may want to drop the front to 120 and keep the rear @124 you need 5-10mm of rake per lotus..carl
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