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Old 06-26-2020, 08:27 AM
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Default chevy a-body ridetech alignment

Hello fellas, I have a 72 chevy chevelle and till a full ridetech coil over suspension on the car. Im having issues getting the alignment right, either from the frame sagging, or the shop just plain not wanting to do the work. Not sure which so Im here to ask for advice.

I have the upper arms installed with the offset to the inside, so the .375" is the side touching the frame and the caster slugs facing the engine like the instructions state. I also have the centered slugs installed as that is what came with the kit, and I had to start somewhere. There are also zero shims installed on either side currently. I took the car in to get aligned and the shop told me it was as good as it can get since there are no shims to take out to adjust anything, the only adjustment they did was toe.

I gave them the ridetech street specs to aim for -.5 camber, +3 to +5 degree caster and 1/16" to 1/8" Toe

Camber is driver side -1 degree and passenger -1.9 degree
Caster is driver side .9 degree and passenger 0 degree
Toe is driver .27 degree and passenger is .18 degree
cross camber is .9
cross caster is .9
total toe is .44 degrees

Im not a suspension wizard but I would thing they could of got it alot closer with some shims, but what caster slugs should I use to get me closer to what is needed. I daily drive about 5000 miles a year and do about 13 or so auto-x events a year. What do you guys think? I have found another shop that seems like they would do a better job and put forth a bit more effort.
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