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Old 10-19-09, 11:24 PM
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Steering Axis Inclination difference?

All,

I am not asking for the specifications because I have camber plates and know they are different from stock. I am looking for the tolerance between the two sides that are allowed by the factory. The manual does not indicate SAI information.

Anyone know it?

Thank you,
Ben
Old 10-20-09, 09:37 AM
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You mean frame measurements? Distance between the shock towers?
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Originally Posted by classicauto
You mean frame measurements? Distance between the shock towers?
No. I can get that out of the manual. Thanks for trying to clarify.

SAI is the angle of the strut in relation to vertical. It would be 15 degrees or so on a stock car. But again, I don't want that I want what is allowed by the factory as variance between the two sides. It probably is in the neighborhood of a 1/2 degree but need more precise info.

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The spec is actually 13.7 plus or minus 1/2 degree but it doesn't list a cross SAI spec in any of my books or our alignment computer.
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Rex,

that is my answer: 1 degree total difference between the two sides. Seems pretty big but I know to get dead on is difficult.

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