Just upgraded to power steering. Not the 3rd Gen upgrade, an all original upgrade. Can someone give me the best alignment specs. It is a 69 Camaro small block.

I think the general rule of thumb is to get as much positive caster as you can, about -.5 camber and about 1/16 toe in.

Mark, I take it you are running radial tires? I ask this because radial tires do not require as much toe as bias ply tires do. Also, the OEM spec for caster in a 1st gen is +1/2* plus or minus 1/2*. I think most guys are running 3* to 3 1/2*. I don't think you can get much more past that with stock control arms, but I may be mistaken.

Yes radial tires. So get as much caster as possible.

http://www.pozziracing.com/first_gen_suspension.htm#Alignment%20specs

If you put on a lot of miles in a year, then back the camber down to 1/4 deg neg. If you like to corner hard or drive twisty roads now and then and don't put 8,000 miles on a year, then .5 neg camber is better. If you autocross or open track you can probably use 1 deg neg camber if you have done the Guldstrand mod, or even 1.5 if you can get that much.
David

Thanks. Had the alignment done this morning. Most camber I could get was 3 1/2 positive. And set the camber to 1/4 deg neg. Car rides and steers great. I am very pleased with the upgrade.

Thanks to all the TC members here that helped me through this.

Meant 3 1/2 positive caster.

Did they tell you where your specs were before? I bet it made a big difference in how she drives...

Thanks. Had the alignment done this morning. Most camber I could get was 3 1/2 positive. And set the camber to 1/4 deg neg. Car rides and steers great. I am very pleased with the upgrade.

Thanks to all the TC members here that helped me through this.

DID the alignment gut think you were nuts to request such alignment numbers?
I asked the alignment guys that will install the CPP control arm to set 3-4 degress of positive caster and he looked at me like i had three heads!
He'll do anything i want as far as numbers however, i does not make any sense to him at all?

Not at all. The guy that does my alignments has 2 First Gen's and told me what he would be doing before I even asked.

DID the alignment gut think you were nuts to request such alignment numbers?
I asked the alignment guys that will install the CPP control arm to set 3-4 degress of positive caster and he looked at me like i had three heads!
He'll do anything i want as far as numbers however, i does not make any sense to him at all?

My guy did the same thing, he had it in his head that the factory numbers were perfect...