Adding camber by turning strut tops?
05-18-08, 03:20 AM
#1
Adding camber by turning strut tops?
I came up on a nice junkyard find today (https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-non-technical-pictures-198/junkyard-score-756881/) and I'm going to install them next week. I've seen a few people saying you can get some extra camber on the front tires by turning the strut tower top when you install the shocks and was thinking about trying it out when I put them on.
My question is how do I orient the tops so that I am gaining this extra camber? I know there is a mark for reference on the tops, but where should it be pointing for me to do this? I'm not opposed to just putting them on normal if anyone has any advice on why I should not attempt this, but it's not hard at all to take them off and on again so I thought I would at least try it out.
If anyone has done this and taken pictures I'd love to see them.
My question is how do I orient the tops so that I am gaining this extra camber? I know there is a mark for reference on the tops, but where should it be pointing for me to do this? I'm not opposed to just putting them on normal if anyone has any advice on why I should not attempt this, but it's not hard at all to take them off and on again so I thought I would at least try it out.
If anyone has done this and taken pictures I'd love to see them.
05-18-08, 03:23 AM
#2
heres the way alignment works.
some cars have what are called camber/caster plate. on our cars, each 90 degree turn can get ~.3 degrees caster and camber. no real way to tell the numbers without doing it. i go to wyotech and im about to align my car. but to answer your question, no, it wont really do anything besides **** up your alignment. youre better off (because its a mcpherson strut type suspension) to loosen the bottom 2 bolts on the strut assembly and push on the top of the wheel then tighten them back down. alignment will suck though.
Lloyd
some cars have what are called camber/caster plate. on our cars, each 90 degree turn can get ~.3 degrees caster and camber. no real way to tell the numbers without doing it. i go to wyotech and im about to align my car. but to answer your question, no, it wont really do anything besides **** up your alignment. youre better off (because its a mcpherson strut type suspension) to loosen the bottom 2 bolts on the strut assembly and push on the top of the wheel then tighten them back down. alignment will suck though.
Lloyd
05-18-08, 03:27 AM
#3
heres the way alignment works.
some cars have what are called camber/caster plate. on our cars, each 90 degree turn can get ~.3 degrees caster and camber. no real way to tell the numbers without doing it. i go to wyotech and im about to align my car. but to answer your question, no, it wont really do anything besides **** up your alignment. youre better off (because its a mcpherson strut type suspension) to loosen the bottom 2 bolts on the strut assembly and push on the top of the wheel then tighten them back down. alignment will suck though.
Lloyd
some cars have what are called camber/caster plate. on our cars, each 90 degree turn can get ~.3 degrees caster and camber. no real way to tell the numbers without doing it. i go to wyotech and im about to align my car. but to answer your question, no, it wont really do anything besides **** up your alignment. youre better off (because its a mcpherson strut type suspension) to loosen the bottom 2 bolts on the strut assembly and push on the top of the wheel then tighten them back down. alignment will suck though.
Lloyd
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