Are you guys taking the car in to have these modificatons made or are you doing them yourself? Is it pretty easy to do, does anyone have pictures and such of how to do it?

So far I think I will be running max - camber in front and stock settings for everything else. Does this sound right?

 

you should not adjust your camber unless you have the correct equipment to measure it. The evo has some negative camber from the factory for the great response and turning of the vehicle.

Do no adjust camber independently!!!

 

You adjust it by twisting or reversing eccecntrically (<- spelled wrong) lobed bolts that attach your frunt struts to the suspension. Do a search and you can find out exactly what to do.

Scorke

 

I have seen how-to's. Just wondering if anyone has them with pictures here. This forum has few good how-to's because they assume you know alot already... I don't

 

camber is easy if you remember your jr High school Trigonometry.

Setting the camber is actually quite easy on the EVO, but setting the resulting change in toe is a PIA and if not done correctly. Incorrect Toe settings will toast your tires faster than you realize (been there done that).

I have measured (using my craptastic carpenters square) a 10 of a degree change in camber results in about 1/8 inch of toe change. (that's huge BTW )

 

Ok, so I will have it done for me then...

Don

 

To adjust camber, you adjust the spacing between the upper a-arm and the frame. There are DIY tricks of using washers/shims to space out that area to increase positive camber.

To adjust toe, you simply adjust the tie rod adjusting sleeve/nut.

Things to remember, your car WILL swerve to whichever side the car has more positive camber. IMO leave camber/toe at factory specs unless you know what you're doing and need to adjust toe/camber for certain types of racing.

 

ummm sure ok... We don't have upper A-arms in the front of the EVO. The front of the EVO utilizes a offcentric bolt that you can select between -1 and -2 degrees, that's it. the rear is a 5 link suspension that already has plenty of adjustment for toe and camber so nothing you mentioned will work.

not quite. on the front of the EVO this is true. On the rear of the EVO you have an off-centric bolt on the lower control arm.
no not really.
agreed. I have screwed up enough of my own alignments enough to use a professional.

 

You learn something new everyday...this is coming from my experience with my eclipse. I have yet to do anywork on my Evo so I ASSumed .

 

If your toe is correct before you change the camber bolts in the front, you can adjust the toe by measuring the distance between the rear of the front tires and the front of the front tires.

1. Make the changes to the front eccentric bolt to give you the negative camber.
2. Buy a carpenter's plumb
3. Lay the string of the carpenter's plumb in the middle tire groove
4. Make marks on the garage floor in front and behind both front tires
5. Measure the distance between the front marks and the rear marks
6. Make equal adjustments to the tie rods(not more than 1/2 turn at a time)
7. Keep taking measurements(steps 4 & 5) and making adjustments to the tie rods(step 6) until the distance between the front marks and the distance between the rear marks are the same

This isn't as accurate as bringing it to an alignment shop, but it will save you some dough if you want to do it yourself. I've done this on my Evo and my previous car(Audi TT) with excellent results. Good luck.


Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you do not follow the instructions and screw up your tires, etc., blah, blah, blah.