Wheels alignment suggestions.

**ksrimounchanh** · March 2, 2012, 07:38 PM

Hello All, Front wheels visually does not look like it is align. I want take it to get aligned, so, what should I be looking at from a shop to align the vehicle?

anything special that the shop needs to have or know? Any suggestions?

Thanks again,

KS

**RandyLamp** · March 3, 2012, 06:05 PM

Alignment spec depends on your intended use. For track use, I ended up with -2-1/2 degree front and -1 degree rear camber, 1/16" toe in at rear (adds stability in braking compared with straight up) and 1/8" to out at the front. For the street I'd cut the camber in half on both ends, toe is still good for stability & turn-in. I usually run slicks on the track, A048 or R888 on the street.

**ksrimounchanh** · March 3, 2012, 07:48 PM

Thanks for the info..

Regards,

KS

**AtomJohnny** · March 5, 2012, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by RandyLamp

Alignment spec depends on your intended use. For track use, I ended up with -2-1/2 degree front and -1 degree rear camber, 1/16" toe in at rear (adds stability in braking compared with straight up) and 1/8" to out at the front. For the street I'd cut the camber in half on both ends, toe is still good for stability & turn-in. I usually run slicks on the track, A048 or R888 on the street.

Hi Randy,

That's a bit different to the Atom 2 settings given to me by Ariel. Is that toe overall or on each side?

**RandyLamp** · March 5, 2012, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by AtomJohnny

Hi Randy,

That's a bit different to the Atom 2 settings given to me by Ariel. Is that toe overall or on each side?

We tried a number of different settings, beginning with factory recommendations. The setup I described here is what worked the best at Hallett, where we have run the most. Toe figures are overall.

**bolus** · March 5, 2012, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by AtomJohnny

Hi Randy,

That's a bit different to the Atom 2 settings given to me by Ariel. Is that toe overall or on each side?

The brammo manual says toe out at the back which I believe we all feel is wrong now.

**RandyLamp** · March 6, 2012, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by bolus

The brammo manual says toe out at the back which I believe we all feel is wrong now.

I started working with alignment back before the Brammo manual was out. (Old guy). Toe out at the rear will make the car twitchy on braking, especially late braking into a corner. Imagine the extreme condition and you'll easily see why. With weight biased to the outside rear in the corner and that wheel pointed away from the center point of the turning circle, oversteer will result. Add power and you're in for a spin. Not something you need in addition to a high power-to-weight ratio.

Toe in produces straight line breaking stability without creating the dramatic oversteer of toe out.