Front end alignment specs?????

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dustoff440

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I am almost ready to take my dart in for a front alignment
It is a 70 with the factory big sway bar. Kelsey Hayes brakes and
And bfgoodrich ta radials factory slant 6 torsion bars and KGB gasadjust shocks. I have no idea what numbers to give the alignment guy
The car will be mostly street duty and cruising
 
I really recommend doing a web search for do it yourself alignment and then doing just that. You will wind up with a better job and you can fine tune it to drive just like you want. There is nothing magic, as much as the shops want you to think, or technicalyl improved with a fancy computer. In fact the comluter is used to make the process fast and get things within allowable tolerances so the shop can get the car in andout with repeatable results quickly. Often times the shops will only align to published specs and if they aliign outside of those specs there is no return for correction. Once you have done it and find that alignment is as basic as any other work on our cars you will not trust the job to others. You can get the job done with a tape measure, a level, and four floor tiles with salt between them or pieces of tin with some grease. Of course you will probably do like I did and buy an inexpensive alignment level or at least an angle finder after you find how well your car drives after your do it yourself job and some fine tuning. Worst case is....if you can't get it driving nicely you will haveto take it to an alignment shop!
 
With radial tires 1/2 degree negative camber around 3 degrees positive caster . Toe-IN 1/16"to 1/8.
Made sure to set your ride height before having it aligned.
 
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