I just had my 914 aligned. Plan on doing some auto crossing. The most they could get for the front camber was .1 left front and .4 right front. How can I increase the camber without spending $450 for a set of custom camber plates?

caster should probably stay the same but maybe if you are only auto crossing the car change the front toe in to zero and the camber in the front to 1 degree and the rear camber to two degrees negative. Keep the rear toe at zero and the front caster at 6 degrees

I want to increase camber, sorry I misprinted castor in my post

You can get struts that have the spindle angle moved. That is about the same cost as the plates though. There are also upper strut mounts that are offset and have solid bushings and you can move the camber either way then. Those are not real cheap either AND if you replace them you'll need another alignment. WHile you are at it might as well have the car balanced.........

my car has those custom negative camber struts - opposite problem - you cannot bring it into anywhere near street align specs for either camber or caster - even with Tarett monoballs ($450) at full adjust limits and reversed sides

(alignment by SporTech in Cambell, CA)
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Use a die grinder with a burr bit...or a rat tail file and a beer or three... and oval out the top strut mount holes...the three allen headed bolts.

Push both struts in as far as you can, measure the camber and pull one back to match the least amount of negative camber...
One side always seems to go a bit further than the other.

Not parts needed, just some time.

Easy enough to do at home with a camber gauge...then get it aligned again after you are done.

Toe on ther rear should be zero, so if you plan to drive it anywhere, it will suck on the road.
If you trailer it, go for more toe on the rear...otherwise stick with zero.



rich

If it were that easy there wouldn't be a market for $450 camber plates. The holes you speak of are specifically sized to limit adjustment for a reason. You can't move them much, if any more without the stock upper mount contacting the sides of the large center hole. He posted this on the other forum and it's pretty clear his alignment shop wasn't up to the task. They maxed out his caster and still had room to give him more negative camber.

I loosened the bolts and took a pry bar and was able to move the camber plate another 1/4" in. So its back to the alignment shop! Thanks for all the replys.

agreed - even with my Tarrets there is not enuf room in that 'well' for significant movement

You are right, I must be thinking of some other type of car....

I have no clue how a 914 works.
My bad