Thread: Alignment Spec Help

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Brett, You need to find someone that knows alignment. Most of these guys are hired off the street and sent to the school offered by the equipment manufacturer for what is in their shop where he or she will be working. Talk to your local hot rod shop and see who they would recommend. Hopefully you have one close by.

Originally Posted by sfort

Brett, You need to find someone that knows alignment. Most of these guys are hired off the street and sent to the school offered by the equipment manufacturer for what is in their shop where he or she will be working. Talk to your local hot rod shop and see who they would recommend. Hopefully you have one close by.

Very good point!!!! Do some shopping around and find an alignment shop and operator who actually knows about alignment and suspension and not just what the computer sez!!!! If the shop sez for you to bring the specs, I'd keep looking!!!!

The specs you use should also be dependent on how you drive the car...if you're going to be doing some high speed driving or a bit of drag racing, it's nice to have a bit of extra caster, on the drag strip, you'll want your camber even from side to side, and not set to compensate for the road crown!

If the alignment shop doesn't know these things, you're in the wrong shop!!!!

x 2, good advice

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Very good point!!!! Do some shopping around and find an alignment shop and operator who actually knows about alignment and suspension and not just what the computer sez!!!! If the shop sez for you to bring the specs, I'd keep looking!!!!

The specs you use should also be dependent on how you drive the car...if you're going to be doing some high speed driving or a bit of drag racing, it's nice to have a bit of extra caster, on the drag strip, you'll want your camber even from side to side, and not set to compensate for the road crown!

If the alignment shop doesn't know these things, you're in the wrong shop!!!!

Originally Posted by sfort

Brett, You need to find someone that knows alignment. Most of these guys are hired off the street and sent to the school offered by the equipment manufacturer for what is in their shop where he or she will be working. Talk to your local hot rod shop and see who they would recommend. Hopefully you have one close by.

Toms Brake and Alignment on Belknap St in either Ft Worth or Haltom City(right on the edge)....best shop in N Texas for hot rods, pro mods, or anything else we motorheads like

Originally Posted by whistlebritches

Toms Brake and Alignment on Belknap St in either Ft Worth or Haltom City(right on the edge)....best shop in N Texas for hot rods, pro mods, or anything else we motorheads like

But he's in NC, not Texas????

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