DrZ1

I am having a four wheel alignment tommarrow as I just upgraded to 17" wheels. Any suggestions on what I should ask for?

Specs 1986 944T Koni w/ adj right hight F & R, 17" 8" & 10". This is for street driving w/ possiblilty of some DE.

Thanks for all input.
Steve

Spidey944

This is just my personal preferance, but I'd set the car up for a mild street alignment. Somewhere in the range of 1.5deg in on camber up front, with a slight toe in to help minimize the pull from the varying road serfaces/road crown. Dont go too crazy on camber on a mostly street vehicle or your tires will suffer badly with inner edge wear.

You also want some toe in on the rear, because under heavy braking the rear will toe out some causing steering issues. I am sure some guys will post exact specs for thier cars, but realy all you need is a standard setting, with a little extra ft camber, and slight toe in front and rear.

In the even you go to a DE, these cars are very easy to align, so don't let your alignment shop get scared. The rear is the only tricky part.

xsboost90

mines getting aligned Friday- today!- i run 2degrees front, 1.5 rear, slight front toe out, slight toe in rear. Not sure on castor i guess stock. For a mostly street car 1.5 front and maybe 1 rear would be pretty adequate.

Waterguy

Ask for as much caster as you can get. There is a Porsche TSB that specifies increased front caster when changing to 17" rims - it reduces tramlining. I think mine ended up with about 2.0 or 2.5 degrees of caster. I agree with the 1.5 F/1.0 R camber for a street car, I am running more for DE. I would go for 5/32" total toe-in front and rear; if you go zero or toe-out on the front, it will not track straight and not be much fun on the street. Toe out is also very hard on the tires.

First get your ride height where you want it; front control arms level, rear about 1/4" higher than the nose, then spend the extra money and have the car corner balanced when it is aligned - definitely worth it!

xsboost90

good deal- just called my alignment shop and told them to drop some caster on there and toe in..

reno808

Steve where you located?

DrZ1

Kentwood ,La.

reno808

oh for some reason i thought you where in the NYC area