alignment #s

here's my specs


right left

3.25 2.99 caster
.52 .53 camber
.08 .05 toe

all numbers are in degrees, the only thing that is confuseing is there are no negative or positive signs on the sheet, i do know that the tires are definatley pulled in on top, i can physically see that

i'm running 215's on the front and 275's on rear

i dont want to make it sound like the car is terifying to drive, i just want to know if i can improve handleing. i made a roadtrip with some buddies and cruised a twisty narrow hwy and could barely keep up with my buddies 3/4 ton pulling a quad trailer. he claims he wasnt white nuckled but i think he had to pull his shorts out of his a$$.

You'll definitely have to find out whether those numbers are positive or negative, and whether that's toe in or out.

If you've got negative camber, positive caster, and that amount of toe in, your alignment is fine and you may have a problem somewhere else. If you have positive camber, negative caster, and toe out, well, there's your problem. If the tops of the tires appear to be tipped toward the car, that's negative camber. Caster is hard to see, but as Del mentioned the upper ball joint should be tipped back behind the plane of the lower ball joint for positive caster.

Your numbers are good if they're in the right directions. Usually I run -.5* to -1* camber, +3 to +5 for caster, and 1/16" toe in. Power steering cars can get away with the big caster numbers like +5, but if you've got manual steering you probably want to stay closer to +3, as it will make it harder to turn. You can run as much as -1* of camber on the street without excessive tire wear. You can see on the SKOSH chart Del referenced how those numbers work out.