87 5k quattro alignment specs?
Robert M. Shydo Jr.
rms29 at cornell.edu
Wed Sep 17 12:41:46 EDT 2003
Collective base of knowledge:
I found a fellow around here who will do a non-factory alignment for my
5k, but he needs to have all of the numbers based on the factory specs.
For instance if I want -1 degree of front camber, and the factory says +/-
30', I need to tell him to set the front to -30' from factory camber.
I've got a good idea of where I want the car - but need the factory specs!
With my chilton manual (nope, havent bought the bentley yet I know I'll
catch flak for it) the following is listed for the 5k front:
front toe: 0 - +5' - 10' (+ indicates toe in)
camber: -30' +/- 30'
Castor: + 50' +/- 40'
Does this seem accurate? Untrained eye says it looks like this car was
designed for more then 50 minutes of castor on the front end. Either way,
it feels like it needs more and my tire patterns indicate a need for more
static front camber.
I guess if all else fails I'll have to spend some time "hacking" his
alignment machine to find out what it thinks is factory.
thanks
Rob
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