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Alignment (camber) Recommendations for V8

posted by  anderssj on  Mon Mar 14 14:38 CST 2005
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Hi All,

I posted this on the RWD forum, but thought I'd check here too in case you other v8 folks have had similar experience . . . .

I just got new tires for our 245 v8 (bride wore the outer edges of the last ones (Dunlop Sport A2, 205/60HR-15) in about 16K miles, even though I was rotating them at every oil change.

I've had the car set for as much negative camber (tops of tires leaning towards center of car) as the alignment technician can dial in (about -1/2 degree), but that doesn't seem to help much (note: toe-in is set to normal specifications).

I also keep the front tire pressure up around 36psi to compensate for the weight of the v8. Is there something I'm missing, something else I should be doing, or is she just going around corners too fast?

BTW, I've checked the inner and outer tie rods and ball joints and they all pass inspection. FWIW, the car has IPD 25mm bars front and rear, along with boge turbo-gas shocks, so it turns pretty well . . . .

What alignment spec's do you use for your v8s?

Thanks in advance,

Steve A-






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