Alignment 18" wheels

71_dart_swinger said

I got alignment knowing it needed front end done. Wanted to race my boss. But even after the first time I said nah. I'll just rebuild it first before I try doin anything dum in it. So I did. Now after everything new. It will drive straight somewhat. It pulls to the right pretty good when I let go of wheel. They did set it to factory spec. I do not have the specs they set it to. I'll have them do it to the specs above. I'd again it's wonky I'll have to take it elsewhere. Does have a big block so I know it's not best handling

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They probably screwed up the cross camber or cross caster. If the wheels look pretty much the same side to side as far as being straight up and down it's probably the cross caster. Depending on the roads you drive, it is possible they actually set the cross caster to 0, and the pull is coming from the crown in the road. But based on the description I would bet they got it wrong, because the pull from the road crown is usually pretty subtle.

I run my car with no cross camber or caster. It goes straight on the freeway, but on small roads with a crown it pulls slightly to the right with the crown of the road. But like I said, it's pretty subtle. Easy to check too, if the car still pulls right on the freeway (almost no road crown there) then it's the alignment.

As for the big block, it doesn't have anything to do with what you're talking about. Yes, the car will be more nose heavy and that will effect performance handling. But it shouldn't have any problems going straight down the road, that's something else.