Rear Alignment Specs for Drag Racing

[JusticePete]

Zero is as good as it gets if you are lowered.

[Norm Peterson]

Originally Posted by se7en

Pete my brother........ for drag racing these cars need some positive in the rear.

I know why you might want +camber out back.

So maybe a good guideline here would be if you actually need positive camber in the rear in order to win at the strip, you should be trailering the car to get there and back home again until the next date on the schedule.


Norm

[PFL]

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

I know why you might want +camber out back.

So maybe a good guideline here would be if you actually need positive camber in the rear in order to win at the strip, you should be trailering the car to get there and back home again until the next date on the schedule.


Norm

I need the best alignment for drag strip. The car is only a weekend drag car. Will I have more traction? I do not care about the dirigibility in the city, it's not a daily driver.

[Norm Peterson]

Only an instrumented test-n-tune session where you change rear wheel camber (holding toe constant) and touch nothing else will tell you what works best. It's more than likely not going to be a question of "a little positive camber" vs zero, but how much +.

That's if the camber curve always goes more negative in 'bump' travel (when the rear squats). Not all independent rear suspensions work like that, and even among the ones that do (probably most) there is still no single best answer.


Norm

[PFL]

Originally Posted by Norm Peterson

Only an instrumented test-n-tune session where you change rear wheel camber (holding toe constant) and touch nothing else will tell you what works best. It's more than likely not going to be a question of "a little positive camber" vs zero, but how much +.

That's if the camber curve always goes more negative in 'bump' travel (when the rear squats). Not all independent rear suspensions work like that, and even among the ones that do (probably most) there is still no single best answer.


Norm

Thanks Man