Another Viper owner gave me the following info. Do you guys agree with it? If so, how would I explain to my dealership, exactly what I want them to do with my alignment? Thanks in advance.
"I also disagree with your assessment of the Viper's steering. What I will say is that if the car is not aligned correctly, that the steering feedback can be affected. The car has a tendency to toe in on the fronts during hard braking and toe out on the rears under hard acceleration. That being said, if the alignment isn't done correctly the car will be much more challenging to drive at limits. The factory alings everything dead neutral.
Get a good aggressive street alignment. From the factory the car has understeer dialed into it. Add some camber on all 4 corners, add some toe in to all 4 corners and maximum caster on the fronts and the car will be dead neutral. With the stock alignment, there is a tendancy for the rear end to kick out with very little warning (in the seat of your pants). The reason why you add the toe in setting is because the trailing link is a bit flimsy and the front toes out under hard braking and the rears under hard acceleration. By setting thetoe settings in, this will allow the car to go to neutral instead of toeing out under both of these conditions."
"I also disagree with your assessment of the Viper's steering. What I will say is that if the car is not aligned correctly, that the steering feedback can be affected. The car has a tendency to toe in on the fronts during hard braking and toe out on the rears under hard acceleration. That being said, if the alignment isn't done correctly the car will be much more challenging to drive at limits. The factory alings everything dead neutral.
Get a good aggressive street alignment. From the factory the car has understeer dialed into it. Add some camber on all 4 corners, add some toe in to all 4 corners and maximum caster on the fronts and the car will be dead neutral. With the stock alignment, there is a tendancy for the rear end to kick out with very little warning (in the seat of your pants). The reason why you add the toe in setting is because the trailing link is a bit flimsy and the front toes out under hard braking and the rears under hard acceleration. By setting thetoe settings in, this will allow the car to go to neutral instead of toeing out under both of these conditions."
