I just had a chance to have my car up on a rack at a community college night school course called, interestingly enough, "Know Your Porsche". Lots of fun.
Anyway did and alignment and found some problems. I have done tons of reading on the forum and searches ad nauseum and and looking for some help. BTW, 1985 Coupe, original suspension, 60K miles. As far as I know, no accidents.
Rear:
Could not get the camber on one side back to spec of -1.0. Best we could do was -1.5 on the left. Started at around -2.2. Tried to get the left to match and could only get it out to -1.3. Toe was OK.
Front:
Bigger problems. Left side camber was out to -2.2 and the best we could get it to was -1.8 and there was no more room. Again, tried to get the right to match and could only get it out to -0.7. Caster was OK. Tie rod bushings were shot we just got the toe close but didn't bother to get it perfect but easily close to spec.
The instructor/mechanic, suggested a camber plate with more adjustability as a quick and relatively cheap fix. I have only done one track day but may do more if I can.
Anyway, question is, what to do? Also, while I'm in there?
I was thinking, camber plates, tie rods, to start. If i want to go nuts, refresh the whole deal in the front. I was hoping the leave the rear for another time and save some cash. If I do that, any problem with just doing the front? I was not planning on doing torsion bars or sway bars. Just bushings.
What do you guys think? Anything else I should worry about?
Lawrence
