ATTN JekylandHyde: Alignments

What kind of alignment does Hyde have? I know that you do straight line racing and racing that involves turns. I'm guessing that for drag racing you want zero camber, but for going around turns, a fair bit of camber helps. So what kind of alignment did you go with? Somewhere in the middle? Stock?

Seems like a rather randem question there clawhammer, unless you have a reason other than just curiosity...?

Would be good to find Hyde's alignments, though.

My car needs an alignment, and I'm trying to decide on what to go with, and I know that Jeff will be able to give some good advice.

My car needs an alignment, and I'm trying to decide on what to go with, and I know that Jeff will be able to give some good advice.

That's true, he is able to give some great advice.
Only question is, where is Jeff? :uhoh:

That's true, he is able to give some great advice.
Only question is, where is Jeff? :uhoh:

I don't think he visits the forums everyday.

So you decided on a BMW? No muscle car? No S2000?

I don't think he visits the forums everyday.

So you decided on a BMW? No muscle car? No S2000?

Yes, I've always liked the European car look, I love the muscle, love, love, love it, but I've been a BMW kind of guy for as long as I can remember (I'm from Europe originally, so maybe that has something to do with it.)
I just never really looked at the BMW's with any intent to buy one, because I was concerned about the parts cost, and back when I was looking for a car
there were'nt really any good deals on the coupe models.
I checked back with some dealerships a couple months ago to see what was new, and saw one standing there (2001 model 330Ci, with around 88,000 miles on it, for only around $19,000,) and that was basically the car that finally got me looking at BMWs.

Right now the money is looking O.K for me, so I can afford one, and I'm not too worried about the parts either, as long as nothing major breaks (God forbid.)
So yes, right now it's not a muscle car, not a S2000, it's a BMW that's got my attention...

By the way, I'm planning on getting the 330Ci first with the plan on upgrading to a E46 M3 later on (they are still a little out of the money range I'm trying to spend.)
But I think I'll start looking more into them a while after the E92 M3 comes out, because the prices on the E46s should drop then...

Cheers :smokin:

So when will you be buying a car?

So when will you be buying a car?

Don't know the date, because the guy didn't respond if he was going to close our deal... So I don't know, but I hope it's soon...

You will never guess what I'm driving now, just to get around
:screwy: :banghead:

What is it?

A 1976 pickup truck?

1989 Blue Escort GTw/ lambo doors??

1989 Blue Escort GTw/ lambo doors??

THATS IT!

I have some sick pearlescent paint on it too! :icon16:

Seriously, I drive a '04 Focus ZTS :banghead:
And no, no lambo doors or pearlescent paint on this one :shakehead

That bitch needs spinners dawg!

the focus' arent too bad. my friend has one. its decent. i'd still take my sentra over it though.

the focus' arent too bad. my friend has one. its decent. i'd still take my sentra over it though.

Eh, it might be decent, but in the end it's still a Ford... :grinno:
It's just a car I got to get me from point A to B, no future in it, never even crossed my mind to intend on keeping it.

The faster I get my BMW, the faster this Focus will be gone...
:disappoin

That bitch needs spinners dawg!

:grinno:

Dude, but Wal-mart doesn't sell spinners anymore!!!
:screwy:

:lol:

bump

Yet still no Jeff?
Gee, he must be real busy lately.

Sorry, I've been seriously absent lately and missed this thread.
Hopefully my input can still help.

For all of my racing, up until last year, I always did "factory spec alignments" and had good success with that. I realized that pushing the alignment one way would be better for drag and pushing it another way would be good for hillclimbs and another way would be good for autocross.

Alignments really can get overwhleming if you overanalze them and your needs which is probably why I mostly ignored them for years.

Last year was a changing point for me. We couldn't really drag race and the car was getting seriously fast on the hillclibms so it became crucial to make sure I was as fast and safe on the hills as possible ... so we played with the alignment and let drag racing & autocrossing be damned :)

Right now, the car is set up toward the high-speed turn stuff.
This makes it have a little more understeer on the autocross course and a little less meat on the ground for drag racing ... but I'm not crashing anywhere :)

Hope that helps.

Hey, you're back. :bigthumb:
Good post. I think it'll help him understand some.