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Old May 17, 2013 | 05:15 AM
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Wheel alignment for drag racing

how do you do Wheel Alignment for drag racing?

how do you set the front wheels?
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Old May 19, 2013 | 10:03 AM
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Basically you want zero toe and as little camber as possible.

So upfront zero toe and put the camber bolt to the -1 setting and pull out on the top of the tire when tightening up the bolts.

In back set the toe to zero and accept the camber for the toe to be zero should be around -.5 to -.8 camber

Try to get the camber even from side to side to avoid drifting or pulling
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Old May 19, 2013 | 10:24 AM
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id think if you really wanted a DRAG ONLY alignment to go with 0 toe all around. front camber -1 to -3 camber up front and in rear +1 to +3 camber...reason being when the car launches and the rear end squats the tire contact will change in the way i mentioned...there is no way to truly test the settings without trial and error but those settings wouldnt hurt your tires to crazy

ex. front +3 camber
front at launch 0 camber (most tire contact to ground)

rear -3 camber
rear after launch 0 camber (as rear end squats down)
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Old May 19, 2013 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by mitsubeastlee
id think if you really wanted a DRAG ONLY alignment to go with 0 toe all around. front camber -1 to -3 camber up front and in rear +1 to +3 camber...reason being when the car launches and the rear end squats the tire contact will change in the way i mentioned...there is no way to truly test the settings without trial and error but those settings wouldnt hurt your tires to crazy

ex. front +3 camber
front at launch 0 camber (most tire contact to ground)

rear -3 camber
rear after launch 0 camber (as rear end squats down)
I think you got your front and rear mixed up in your example. The front will lift causing positive camber, so you'd want negative static camber in the front. The rear will squat, causing negative camber, so you'd want positive static camber in the rear/
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Old May 19, 2013 | 10:42 AM
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when they did my alignment they actually strapped the car to the rack and ratchet strapped the rear down about 2 inch's ''compressing the suspension'' and then did the alignment. basically so when the car squats the tires are sitting flat on the ground.
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