Anyone have any pictures of some heavily negative cambered cavaliers?



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That won't be easy.

good luck.



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If it takes forever.... I will die trying. Underdog Racing

Heavily cambered? I dont think so. Doesnt take too much before youre into the strut.

^ and you have a rear axle.

I do!!


This guy figured it out.

^^^^ lol


"Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers"-Colin McRae

one question. why??

How about my old Sunfire lol

here's how...





If it takes forever.... I will die trying. Underdog Racing

uneven tire wear FTW!

05xtremecav wrote:one question. why??

I am getting my car alligned and was considering having it cambered at all (so far I'm debating minor neg camber vs 0 degree camber adjustment)
and then wanted to know if anyone had done any with extreme camber like the drift 240sx's I've seen just for the hell of it



Buddy Club Ecotec Cavalier
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If your profile is current younhave nothing that allows you adjust camber.

I have mine at 1.5 degrees but no pics



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z yaaaa wrote:here's how...

so thats how they do it!!! ima get right on this mod. How do they make both sides even though???

^you eye ball it

Darkstars wrote:If your profile is current younhave nothing that allows you adjust camber.

Alright, but why? Do you need an adjuster screw? or...

Torres @ UGC Media wrote:^you eye ball it

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dont usually get much camber from strut cars. with macpherson setups.

Loosen the bolts on the bottom of the front struts, kick the top of the wheel and tighten. That's about as much as you will get. Rear is sol.

Now if you buy proper parts, It can be done.

Jay Corkit wrote:

Darkstars wrote:If your profile is current younhave nothing that allows you adjust camber.

Alright, but why? Do you need an adjuster screw? or...

Because your parts don't have camber adjustments.

and if you dont plan on drifting your likely just going to get uneven tirewear and kill your tires in several months versus a year or two.

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YOu would need some serious camber plates to run that. I can make plates to run around 4 degrees on this car.

Mark


http://www.overkillengineeringmotorsports.com/

I'm running about -2 degrees on the front using Marks (OEM) camber plates along with the Ingalls eccentric bolts and shims in the rear for -1.5 degrees in the rear.
It's something that you really can't see in pictures because it's more for actual performance than show.
Having too much camber as everyone has stated is not good for the car, good for your tires, and is pretty much impossible with our cars.

Btw, Marks camber plates can be further slotted along with the modification of the front strut towers to achieve this -4 degrees.
And for anyone wondering why I'm still using the eccentric bolts it was to get the 0 degree initial setup so that the camber plates would have a 0 degree callibration to be correct and even for both sides before I made any adjustments to the camber plates. It worked out quite well.

You can see the camber in the rear of this picture.


You can see some camber on both in this picture but again, it's not extreme but for the performance aspect of it.


Anyway, good luck with your endeavors.



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Thank you Dave and JBO!

Misnblu, thanks for sharing. This is it! 1.5 degree rears! Any uneven tires wear?

None that I can see at the moment.
Most people don't understand that most of the wear on a cars tire are from improper toe settings.
When setting camber you've got to reset toe and eventually fine tune both to achieve minimum wear from either.
It took me 4 hours to adjust my camber and toe on my Porsche to get it right and it's got -2.5 in the front with -1.5 in the rear which is similar to the Cavy.
It probably took longer to do the cavy with all the adjustments but it's pretty close to where I want it.

Btw, there's a great article in Modified Magazine in the October issue on diy wheel alignments. Very good read and something that can teach everybody a thing or two about doing your own.
SportsCar magazine from the SCCA had an in depth look at the diy alignments along with GrassRoots Motorsports and the long time standout of Sport Compact Car magazine which is no longer being published. You can still find the articles in the Modified archives if I remember correctly on their website for further browsing on the subject.



Misnblu.com
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Thank you Dave and JBO!