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Old 08-18-2009 | 06:33 PM
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Default Looking for alignment shop drag race setup

Looking for an alignment shop to setup my Fox body front and rear suspension. caster/camber/toe.. and square up the panard bar in the rear.

Front has 90/10's w coil overs

Any suggestions locally in Tampa? Or??

Please dont say walmart or tire kingdom
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Old 08-18-2009 | 06:44 PM
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Old 08-18-2009 | 07:22 PM
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Any alignment shop should be able to handle it...as long as you tell them what you want it set at
Old 08-18-2009 | 07:37 PM
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My friend Eric is one of the best, he does FordSpeeds drag cars!
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Cars and Concepts is probably the best alignment shop around for race specific suspension setups.

I dont know what kind of experience AB has doing them. I would trust him before a regular shop. I put lowering springs on my wifes Tiburon and took it to Georges here in New Port Rickety and ask them to re-align it for me. All the idiot knew how to do was look up stock specs. Well thats fine if the car was at stock ride height,.. but its not. He aligned it. We took the car out and it was immediately pulling to the right. Took at back and they said to check the air pressure in the tires. I looked the guy in the eyes and said look pal,.. I want what I paid for,.. if your guy is not competent enough to align a lowered car then give me my money back. Car went back on their machine,.. again he set it to factory specs,.. again I told him what an idiot he was because the car is not at factory height,.. got my money back. Took it to Cars and Concepts,.. 20 mins later they had it perfectly aligned.

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All you need is a tape measure and an angle finder.....





It works for me.....
Old 08-19-2009 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by GNs-r-slow
Any alignment shop should be able to handle it...as long as you tell them what you want it set at
This ^^^^

Na306 n Tiffiny at All American have an alignment machine.....they are more than capable of doing it. Especially with those glass's na306 has he can see everything!




PS: Look shops working together.....and people think we hate each other
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Originally Posted by 91Notch
This ^^^^

Na306 n Tiffiny at All American have an alignment machine.....they are more than capable of doing it. Especially with those glass's na306 has he can see everything!




PS: Look shops working together.....and people think we hate each other
On that note.. what should I be looking for as specs toe in, caster, camber? At what ride height should I setup the front suspension. The car has coil overs so height can be tweaked. 14-175's QA1's on 90/10's

Thanks for all the replies.
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Well your gonna get into this guy said this, that guy said that one this one I can promise you that.

But.....rule of thumbs usually are around this for drag race setups.

-.5 to -.8 on the camber
3 to 4 on the caster
1/16 in total toe in

Again this question will probably arise alot of differant theroies so sit back and enjoy the ride.

Ride height is hard to determine over the internet. Alot of factors play into that. Just play with it till you find what works.
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Originally Posted by franktf
All you need is a tape measure and an angle finder.....





It works for me.....
worked for me too !!!
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