Just got my barn find 73T inspected, ride height set and new tires on the car. Ready for an alignment and tons of fun this summer. This morning I took it to the local Firestone who I've used for a lot for other cars, armed with Wayne's 101 book with the alignment project bookmarked and my 84+ Carrera Bentley manual. We talked about the books, the suspension (all newly rehabed), their Hunter machine has the specs, and I left feeling like it was in good hands.
got it back 2 hours later and have driven around for the past few hours having a great time, but I think the specs can be much better. Here's what they did:
Front
Camber: -.8 and -.9
Caster: 6.7 and 6.1 (they wrote: caster is not adjustable on the measurement printout)
Toe: .15 and .13
Rear
Camber: -.4 and -.6
Toe: .1 and .07
Here's what the car has:
19/26 bars
front 205/55 SO3's on 7x15 cookie cutters
Rear 225/50 SO3's on 7x15 cookie cutters
Ride height:
LF: 24.5
LR: 24
RF: 24.5
RR: 24
The rear quarter fenderwell lips are ground down and rolled over. The right rear I have contact/scuffing on accelerating through a left turn and in/out of drive inclines. the left is fine.
the right rear tire does look like it's coming out of the well more than the left.
So here's the net-net: other than the tire contact, the car drives great. Really solid, very planted, especially given the new tires and it's cold today. No, I didn't push it, but it just felt right. I got the "alignment for a lifetime" deal so I can keep bringing it back until they get it right. The Firestone guys were eager to please and if I bring them back specs, they'll set the car up.
What specs should I give them? What do I tell them about the front caster?
here's the car
here's their printout
