Re: How much t-bar ride height change w/o hosing alignment?
[Re: BradH]
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It will effect toe, these cars have bumpsteer. Lowering it in the front will also effect caster some to. If you lowered the entire car the same caster would be minimally effected.
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Re: How much t-bar ride height change w/o hosing alignment?
[Re: BradH]
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That would depend if you have already checked your toe curve.. if its still stock then any movement will change the toe in.. you have seen some of the wheelies that shows how bad the toe changes
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Re: How much t-bar ride height change w/o hosing alignment?
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Here's how it works with me: I drive the car to the local tire shop and say "Hi, I have a 1973 Dodge Challenger that needs to have the front end aligned. How much, and when will it be ready to pick up?" To pay $70-$80 or what ever it is for just a toe change is a lot of coin.. I do my whole front end alignment in my shop.. I paid one time on the race car.. they turned one heim a half a turn.. but they did check the front and rear tires for square in the chassis... that was fine also... if you do change your toe.. make sure the steering wheel is straight
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Re: How much t-bar ride height change w/o hosing alignment?
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Is there any guideline for how much you can change your torsion height setting before it starts to screw up the alignment? I want to drop The MoPig's front end a bit more and need to keep this in mind. Any ride height change from the Factory setting will effect alignment - toe worst, next caster, least camber. Before I started doing my own alignments at home, I would set the ride height where I wanted it ( including the rear end height ) and then take it to an alignment shop and tell them to do the alignment based on the existing ride height. Two suggestions on alignments that are often over looked. Make sure the center link is parallel to the ground. Often after market idler arms can screw this measurement up. It's one thing to have a bump steer problem. It's a hole other thing to have a bump steer problem that aint the same side to side. Try to keep the front tire / wheel offset as close to the OEM package as possible so that the scrub angle (built in to the spindle and not adjustable ) is what the OEM intended. Lastly, (I guess that's 3 things ), after you have set your front end ride height where you want it, take a look at the tie rod angles as compared to the lower control arms. They should parallel each other for minimal bump steer. The farther they are from parallel, the worse the bump steer it gonna be. With lots of front end travel, it is very difficult to satisfy this through the entire range of travel.
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