Handling issue at high speeds

[Pro Stock John]

I shared my alignment sheet to some friends, and they said I have stock caster and want me to increase it.

[John Brown]

David Pozzi on First Gen Camaro suspension. More information than one can handle in one sitting. The bump steer discussion and how to bend the steering arm are informative for 1st Gen Camaro and 68-74 Nova owners wishing to get rid of bump steer.

pozziracing.com/first gen suspension Bump Steer


pozziracing.com/STEERING_ARM_BEND

[Arrowsmith]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

I shared my alignment sheet to some friends, and they said I have stock caster and want me to increase it.

Your friends are right. For your application, you need as much caster as you can get in it, but it won't be much with stock a-arms. With the Detroit speed pieces I have in my Nova (same front subframe as yours), I have 5-1/2 degrees of caster. More caster will make it harder to parallel park (you probably don't care about that...I don't...L-O-L), but it will be very stable at the big end of the track -- the car will want to steer straight ahead.

For a drag car, I'd try to keep the camber closer to zero (wheels straight up and down). Again, not easy to accomplish, especially with the camber change than occurs in these cars as the wheels go through their travel.

Toe should also be as close to zero as you can get it in a drag car...

Hope that helps.

Wayne