Thread: Homegrown Alignment

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That is a lot of caster for that car, at least from what it had from the factory. As I remember they were at about zero or 1 degree positive. So a serious stack of shims would be required to get it, I would think.

Now, it really depends what you want out of the car. Those guys know a hell of a lot more about this stuff than I do, but basics are basics. More camber, better cornering, yet they have only a half a degree? That's like an S-10 pickup specs. And the high caster, that is for "down the highway" sort of driving, if that is what you are after, cool. If you want more handling then less caster and more camber is what you are after.

Look at a dragster or a salt flats car, they will have a ton of caster as much as 18 degrees. Positive caster gives you less rolling resistance and more "hands off" straight ahead qualities. Less caster makes the wheel "bite" into the corner.

Unless you have some suspension mods like tall spindles and such (increases camber on compression) which is probably what that "Guldstand" mod is, you don't need "hot rod" specs. Just put it at a stock or near stock Nova and you will be pretty close. More negative camber, that is what you want if anything.

Brian