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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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planing to got to cmi on the 22nd, and i might not have enough money to get my alightment done, because it pulls to the left a lil. but will it cause me to run bad times?
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:49 PM
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Definitely, a bad alignment causes the tires to work against each other.
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 07:04 PM
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definitely affect car to go down the track highly recommend to align after any suspension work or any overhaul
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 07:59 AM
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it does.

it can cause you to be unstable, and if toe is too exagerated, you could be scrubbing while you do down the track.
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Old Jul 15, 2007 | 08:14 AM
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It def will make the car unstable and not perform at it's best. Is it safe to run the car? It all depends on how bad the mis-aligment is and how fast the car is. It's gonna to be alot more unsafe/unstable if the car traps 135+ than 105mph.

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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 01:52 AM
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Yes I know this for a Fact!!!

There are a lot of things that can go wrong to make you times higher

1. This can make you lose traction
2. Will cause you to loose power and make your motor work harder do to opposite
tire pull
3. will cause your lsd to be a joke.

Also this makes for poor gas mileage
Ha Ha

Oh Yea one other thing... you want your motor to pull your car down the track! Not try to fight you tires to make the car go....
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 06:47 AM
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i was wondering the same
tryin not to thread jack...
so would u get an alignment for street driven height or track height
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 07:25 AM
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i guess i should do it before cmi. how much do u think i will be spending?
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 07:39 AM
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If its a daily driver?? For shure the street...

Cost for cast and camber looking around 50 bucks, but thats in pa...
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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i drive it daily but jus work and back.
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Old Jul 16, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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driving the car down the track with the alignment out can cause you to steer with heavy correction the entire way down the track..My opinion would be to have it aligned just for saftey issues..Its bad enough to have correction from torque steer..
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