Lee (et. al.), The springs are Eibach Pro-kit, installed two years ago (LOVE those springs). The shocks are KYB AGX's installed at same time as the springs and the alignment was recently done again last month. FYI- I was hinting at the car "leaning to the left" since the camber numbers were more negative on the left side than on the right side. There's no real issue with the handling and taking corners is a dream, but I do notice a *slight* tendency to crab walk above 40mph. This is not a big issue, so I'll probably let it rest for now.
The only thing I would fix right now is the nagging buzz coming from the Dunlop GT Qualifier's- 205 50 R15's. The tires were installed at the same time the alignment was done a month ago. The buzz is most noticeable at 40, 55, & 75mph- weird thing is I can even hear the tires make a very slight tap-tap-tap noise as the car rolls to a stop- reminds me of knobby tires. I ran a ruler perpendicular along the edge of the tires and the tread looks like it's the culprit. Question is how to quiet things down- since this is a simple vibration transfer problem to the body/frame of the vehicle, would a thin layer of rubber sandwiched between the shock assembly & the frame help? TIA! George '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 122k miles "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Grimes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:30 PM To: George Freeman; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Alignment/camber question I am supposing that the camber numbers are with no one sitting in the car. Shame the numbers aren't the other way around with a little less negative on the driver's side so when you get in an add your own weight to the driver's side, you'd add probably the 1/2 deg. negative required to put it about dead on. If the car stock or lowered? Threaded coil over set-up or fixed height spring? Generally I wouldn't be too concerned about it that much but if you want to get some Ingalls style sliding adjusters you could even it out or even set it off a tad so when you are in alone (I'm guessing most of the travel is this way) then it would be riught on. I didn't know Intrax had a camber adjuster. If they are fixed height springs and you really wanted to know if it is the car or the springs doing this, then you could swap springs side to side and see what the numbers are. If the springs are just a wee bit shorter at preloaded ride height then that could do it or if there was a little mojo in the car and a little in the springs they might cancel each other out (or be further worse) on the other side. Do you have reason to think there is a problem with the LR trailing arm? From the numbers alone it nothing points to it but I don't know the story of the car. Maybe the car just had a heavy driver much of it's life and that side is down a wee bit (It isn't one of my old cars is it? :)) To me the half degree offset is not that big a deal for the street for a 11+ year old sport-econo car unless you want to really want to be "Anal Alignment Man" as there won't be a real appreciable handling difference for the street. If it is a racecar where 1/10ths and 1/100ths of a lap are a big deal then it would be more important. It is really chews at you, there are several little things that one could do like shimming the driver's side spring seats or dead length to get rid of a little negative as it is easier to raise than to lower but personally I'd prefer the left side numbers a little better then the rights side. You will tend to wear the inner edge on you left side tires more quickly but prudent periodic tire checking and rotation will minimize wear issues. Make sure youe toe setting is goos too. Some thoughts and options but I wouldn't lose sleep, Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CRX Mailing List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 10:53 PM Subject: CRX: Alignment/camber question > Here's the readings from my last alignment: > > LF: -1.82 deg. RF: -1.26 deg. > LR: -1.47 deg. RR: -0.83 deg. > > So the car is leaning to the left?! Would the left rear trailing arm be to > blame? I take it Ingalls is a good choice and Intrax is a bad choice. > Opinions welcome! > > > > George > '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 121k miles > "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" > >
