Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #57
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   From: kenw@netaxs.com (Ken Warren)
Subject: Re: wimpy alignment
   Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 06:49:59 -0400

At 04:06 PM 8/2/94 -0400, Dan Ahern wrote:

>I am planning on having my alignment done and I'd like to know what alignment
>specifications I should bring into the shop.  
>
>I drive my car around town, on the highway, and on twisty roads, so I am
>looking for a general purpose setting for my alignment.  My daily one-way
>commute is 15 minutes on a fun mountain road and 15 minutes in the city.  On
>the weekends I drive between 100-200 miles on the highway, too.  So, you can
>see that I put about an even number of miles on all types of conditions.  Is
>there an appropriate alignment setting in the Miata workshop manual that I can
>point the mechanic to?

In front, I'd suggest maximum negative camber, toward the low side of stock 
toe-in, and max caster with the above settings. In the rear, I'd go with 
middle of the range toe-in and about 1 degree negative camber. If you don't 
mind a twitchy car, you can reduce the toe-in to near 0 in front with no 
real bad effects (tirewear-wise); it *will* wander on the highway though.

This is just my personal opinion, of course. :)
--
Ken
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