HS alignment data

[M-Sport fan]

Looking at their website, the $95 jobber is all you need. there is no rear adjustments, and you're not "lowered", so oem it is. And a shop like that should be able to set your adjustments to anything you'd like(within reason of course). And to be honest, $100 for a quality alignment is money well spent.

Once you add a coilover setup to the mix, $300-$400 depending on the area is reasonable for a corner-weight adjustment and alignment.

Hope that helps.

Yes THANKS!

I guess I got a 'bargain' when I had coil overs on the f body, and the SCCA Formula Continental and GT-1 competitor owners of the shop I went to for corner weighting and alignment only charged me ~$250.00 for the task (a while back, and when I was in North Joyzee).

 

[Solort]

I have changed alignment settings (camber, F/R toe for myself and several others) at events as well as test N tunes to see how changes affected handling ( on other cars like my FRS). But I also mount and balance my own tires ( and flip them) at a friend's shop. So to each their own...

Cheers!

 

[2fast]

I have changed alignment settings (camber, F/R toe for myself and several others) at events as well as test N tunes to see how changes affected handling ( on other cars like my FRS). But I also mount and balance my own tires ( and flip them) at a friend's shop. So to each their own...

Cheers!

have you tested different toe's on your fiesta for autocross yet? if so what is your favorite setting and why

 

[AnimalMother]

I played with toe a few weeks ago. Minimal toe out seems to work best for me to get the back rotating in timely and controlled manner. Too much toe out was eliminating rotation.

 

[Reaper]

In case anyone is interested in doing their own toe, you break the jam nut loose with a 22mm or 7/8 and rotate the tierod at the hex with a 13mm (inner end of tierod). It's a right hand thread at the outer end. The first time it may be hard to break the jam nut loose, so that's best done jacked up or on a hoist. After that you can do it just by turning the steering away from the side you're working on (rear steer). On mine, adjusting 2 hex flats on each side gives about a 3/16" change. I'd suggest marking the tierod before adjustment so you can easily return it to stock if desired. And you can measure it with the toe plates I mentioned earlier, or a trammel bar, or a couple of 2x4's and a tape measure -- whatever.

 

[M-Sport fan]

I have changed alignment settings (camber, F/R toe for myself and several others) at events as well as test N tunes to see how changes affected handling ( on other cars like my FRS). But I also mount and balance my own tires ( and flip them) at a friend's shop. So to each their own...

Cheers!

The operative, enabling phrase is bolded above.

Not all of us have that luxury.

 

[Solort]

The operative, enabling phrase is bolded above.

Not all of us have that luxury.

I also have a son in law that is a Lexus mechanic, so I now have 2 ways to get my car aligned (at Lexus) or wheels mounted/ balanced/ flipped. I also let him co drive my DS FRS and feed him a lot of food, so my stuff probably works out to costing me way more than it used to. He is a good kid and makes my daughter happy. As a father, it probably doesn't get much better. I am well blessed...

 

[Solort]

have you tested different toe's on your fiesta for autocross yet? if so what is your favorite setting and why

I have not tested the ST for autocross since I have a well sorted, fully prepped National level FRS for DS (and just bit the bullet for getting my OTS Koni yellows degassed and revalved by Pro Parts), so I will stick with it this year. But I used to run between 0-1/16 total toe out for my SRT4 ACR. That's where I will start if I go the ST route. I just got the ST for a fun daily driver that I may autocross sometime in the future.

 

[tiggerbren]

http://www.4dsonly.com/AlignSpec.html

Pretty wide on front negative camber. But they didn't give us any legal way to get there.

I just took another look at those specs. Am I reading this right? negative 1.18 degrees plus or minus 1.25 degrees? negative 2.43 degrees??