Josh. Considering the way I drive, I have an idea of how you drive too.
I saw Bernd posted Hotchkis recommended, but I would take the camber
even farther than that.
Here's my suggestions:
If you just want even tire wear aim for -1deg. If you want a compromise
between autoX and street go for about 1.3-1.4 deg. If you want a
bitchen autoX set up at the expense of a little tire wear (probably
reduce miles ~30%), go as much camber as possible. You can get about
1.6-1.7deg out of the stock parts. When I set mine up at 1.6deg, it was
noticably more balenced in the turns.
Also if you have a very good accurate shop. Go .05 to .1 deg more
camber on the drivers side than the passengers. You plus the battery
and a few other unbalencing items make the left side about 300lbs
heavier than the right. This uneven camber will help with that.
I got a little advice from hotchkis about my too low a spring rate in
the rear. Unfortunately all their advice is to increases availble
travel rather than stiffens the spring. I might have to look into
something else down the line.
Jay W
505/287 Dakota
Josh Battles wrote:
> Hey, when I put my Hotchkis 2/3 drop on my truck are there any special
> alignment specs that I need to follow??? When I put the springs and shocks
> in I'm going to use that opportunity to replace all of my crappy rubber
> bushings with new urethane ones (blue to match the truck) and will have to
> align the truck after. This is really no big deal, I've got the access to
> an alignment rack and know how to do the service, but was wondering wether I
> should just use the stock specs or if there are any "performance minded"
> ones from Hotchkis. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I haven't
> been able to find anything on their website - although I haven't really
> looked that hard yet.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> --
> -Josh
> 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>
>
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