'67 Alignment specs

Branda lists alignment specs for 65-67 Shelbys reprinted from the manuals. (68-69 would be the same as the Mustangs, I guess, for which they list 65-70 specs)

'67 Shelby:
+2 degree caster, 0 camber, 1/8" toe in.

The author of the article containing the specs recommends something a little different. He suggests 1 degree negative camber (1/2 degree if you run the car hard).

Here's the source:
http://site.cobranda.com/tech/aarms.pdf

Hope that helps,
Josh

 

Hay there
I will be coming up to alignment soon on my gt500 also i was just woundering you listed:

'67 Shelby:
+2 degree caster, 0 camber, 1/8" toe in.

The author of the article containing the specs recommends something a little different. He suggests 1 degree negative camber (1/2 degree if you run the car hard).

The second option the author of the article gives you has any one tried it and does it help/ improve handling overer the original?

Thanks for all your help
pleasant day
Dave

 

Roy - I'm really glad that helped. I lowered the a-arms on my fastback in 1989 and I think that's the exact same article I used back then for alignment.

Dave - I don't have a '67, and I don't know if your A-arms have been lowered or not (I'm guessing not), but on my '65 fastback which has had the a-arms lowered, I ran with the 1 degree of negative camber and the caster and toe in per the recommendations, and I can tell you that my car handled markedly better after that alignment. I can't give you a comparison of no negative camber versus 1 degree with everything else the same, but negative camber will always put more of the outside tire into the contact patch in the corners. Slightly uneven wear will be the downside if you don't corner hard or often, but that's a good excuse to hit the corners hard and fast... just tell the officer you were trying to even out the wear on your tires.

Josh