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Alignment recipe 1800 1971

posted by  sberry on  Wed Nov 5 14:10 CST 2003
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I have a non-stock tire/suspension setup on my 71E. I had it aligned about 6 months ago after replacing balljoints/bushings/springs/shocks and the shop brought everything to stock specs. Initially I was so happy with the responsive new setup I felt like I was in good shape. Tracks straight and keeps composure in corners.

The problem I am having is that the car tracks imperfections in the road and never really feels 'light on its feet'. Sometimes on the highway when the pavement changes I feel like I am on a track. Speaking to someone about this at an autoshow recently someone suggested that most of this could be cured with alignment settings.

My question is does anyone have a good recipe for alignment? This car is a daily driver with 1" lowered progressive springs. I have 16x6.5" volvo wheels with 205/50/16's. I do a lot of highway driving but I also like to take corners hard and do some autoX days. If I eat tires slightly faster I would make the tradeoff for less tracking and better agility.





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