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AtomicLabMonkey · 2006-04-05, 02:14 PM

In terms of alignment, ideally SAI should be even side to side. In the real world, if you use a camber plate at the top of the strut tower to change your alignment then you're affecting SAI when you change the camber. I've never felt any noticeable adverse effects from this method though.

More theoretically, any SAI reduces negative camber gain from the caster angle as the wheels are steered. Also, the distance between the projected point of the SA on the ground and the wheel centerline is known as the scrub radius, the amount of which has some interesting effects on steering feedback and stability.

2006-04-05, 02:14 PM	#37
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	In terms of alignment, ideally SAI should be even side to side. In the real world, if you use a camber plate at the top of the strut tower to change your alignment then you're affecting SAI when you change the camber. I've never felt any noticeable adverse effects from this method though. More theoretically, any SAI reduces negative camber gain from the caster angle as the wheels are steered. Also, the distance between the projected point of the SA on the ground and the wheel centerline is known as the scrub radius, the amount of which has some interesting effects on steering feedback and stability. __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."