Does anyone know the front end alignment specs for a Lightning? Thanks in advance.

 

Can someone post or e-mail me the factory alignment specs. Lost my notes and going to the shop today. Thank you.

 

Someone should post these in the FAQ's:

Lightning specs:
L.H. Caster: 6.9, +/- 1.0 Deg.
R.H. Caster: 7.4, +/- 1.0 Deg.
L.H. Camber: -0.5, +/- 0.7 Deg.
R.H. Camber: -0.5, +/- 0.7 Deg.
L.H. Toe: -0.05, +/- 0.15
R.H. Toe: -0.05, +/- 0.15

Base F150: (tolerances same as above)
L.H. Caster: 6.2
R.H. Caster: 6.7
L.H. Camber: -0.3
R.H. Camber: -0.3
L.H. Toe: 0.03
R.H. Toe: 0.03

Lightning Owner preferred:
LH Caster 6.7
RH Caster 7.2
LH Camber -0.5
RH Camber -0.5
LH Toe -0.05 (slight toe in)
RH Toe -0.05 (same)

Lightning Owner autocross preferred specs:
LH Camber -0.7
RH Camber -0.7
LH Toe OUT 0.05
RH Toe OUT 0.05

 

See:

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=69815

 

Lightning Autocross Preferred Specification:
LH Caster 6.9
RH Caster 7.2
LH Camber -3.0
RH Camber -3.0
LH Toe 0.00
RH Toe 0.00

Be carefull : with this much camber your tires' inside edge will wear rapidly if you have ANY toe-in/out...

 

Blacklight

What’s up with the asymmetric caster? Is it caused by not having a 200 lb weight in the drives seat when you align the vehicle? 3 degrees of negative camber sounds a little excessive –1.7 may be a better guess. This is still way high for a vehicle driven on the street during the week.

 

So what’s up with the asymmetric caster. Does anyone have any idea?

Andy

 

but I was told it helps to decrease the tendency to follow the crown of the road. I never bought that, because in the lower mainland of Vancouver, we have steep crowns for the rain, and driving on the left or right lanes does not feel as if you pull more to one side. Maybe it does compensate for the driver...

I made sure the toe-in was at 0.000, and you can see the camber from a distance



P.S. I belong to the same club as Joe Cheng. He is considerably faster than me in my vehicle

 

Say hi to Joe and John for me. You guys ought to see their car. http://www.napylon.com/Phantom.htm The undisputed fastest autocross car in the country

Andy

 

Great Phantom story.

 

A-mod cars with wings and 2-stroke snow mobile motors, where I have I seen that before? I wounder if they tried the sucker

Mike