Results: Turbo vert conversion aligned and corner weighted
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Just got the car back a bit ago so I thought I'd post the results. Car can be seen with listed mods in my garage section. The interesting part of the alignment results is the car still maintains a near perfect 50/50 weight distribution which many did not think possible after the conversion. It was weighed with 1/2 a tank of gas so it could be a perfect 50/50 actually. It is a fat heavy bitch though...
Some basics: Battery relocated behind passenger seat under spare tire cover along with 2 amps and 1 subwoofer, spare tire removed, power steering removed, still have a/c, large fmic (front bumper support removed), Kirk Racing rollbar, full TII drivetrain. Car was aligned and weighted with the targa top removed and top down as required by any road race sanctioning body. 1/2 tank of gas. I weigh 165 lbs.
Final specs as requested by me...
Front camber: -3.0'
Rear camber: -2.0'
Total front toe: 0.06" = 10 min. toe in
Total rear toe: 0.06" = 10 min. toe in
Cornerweights....with me included of course:
LF (858 lbs)_____RF (799 lbs)-------->49.45%
LR (877 lbs)_____RR (817 lbs)-------->50.55%
Crosswieghts are exactly 50/50
LS total: 1735 lbs (51.8%)_____RS total: 1616 lbs (48.2%)
Total weight with me: 3351 lbs.
Total weight without me : 3186
I do have 382 rwhp @ 16 psi to move the fat pig around.
Should be fun at Sears Point on Sunday.
Still need to button a few things up first though.
Some basics: Battery relocated behind passenger seat under spare tire cover along with 2 amps and 1 subwoofer, spare tire removed, power steering removed, still have a/c, large fmic (front bumper support removed), Kirk Racing rollbar, full TII drivetrain. Car was aligned and weighted with the targa top removed and top down as required by any road race sanctioning body. 1/2 tank of gas. I weigh 165 lbs.
Final specs as requested by me...
Front camber: -3.0'
Rear camber: -2.0'
Total front toe: 0.06" = 10 min. toe in
Total rear toe: 0.06" = 10 min. toe in
Cornerweights....with me included of course:
LF (858 lbs)_____RF (799 lbs)-------->49.45%
LR (877 lbs)_____RR (817 lbs)-------->50.55%
Crosswieghts are exactly 50/50
LS total: 1735 lbs (51.8%)_____RS total: 1616 lbs (48.2%)
Total weight with me: 3351 lbs.
Total weight without me : 3186
I do have 382 rwhp @ 16 psi to move the fat pig around.
Should be fun at Sears Point on Sunday.
Still need to button a few things up first though.
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Joined: May 2001
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I drive it around normally @ 14 lbs.
Track days I'll turn it up to 16 and put in a few gallons of 100 for safe keeping. We only get 91 out here in CA.
Track days I'll turn it up to 16 and put in a few gallons of 100 for safe keeping. We only get 91 out here in CA.
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Wow, very impressive. I definitely need to get an alignment on my turbo vert, it seems to have positive camber as its wearing the outside edge of the tires. Not great for handling. You have an impressive setup, definitely post some pics if possible.
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The car recently passed smog...when it was na. Soon after I registered the car at a friends house in another county in CA where they only require smog at change of ownership. I never have to smog it again really.
Pics and my mods list can be seen in my garage area here :
https://www.rx7club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=2592
Pics and my mods list can be seen in my garage area here :
https://www.rx7club.com/vbgarage.php?do=view&id=2592
Last edited by RX-Heven; Aug 19, 2004 at 02:31 PM.
I definitely need to get an alignment on my turbo vert, it seems to have positive camber as its wearing the outside edge of the tires.
I thought I had the same problem on my rears since the treadwear was worse on the outerblocks- but it turns out I was running -2.5 deg rear camber! I lowered it down to -1 deg camber (limited by my lowering) trying to get some straightline traction since that is wearing my tires WAY faster than the uneven wear. Didn't help straightline traction noticeably
I guess I am saying- sure get it aligned, but the problem may be you just drive like a freak.
I thought I had the same problem on my rears since the treadwear was worse on the outerblocks- but it turns out I was running -2.5 deg rear camber! I lowered it down to -1 deg camber (limited by my lowering) trying to get some straightline traction since that is wearing my tires WAY faster than the uneven wear. Didn't help straightline traction noticeably

I guess I am saying- sure get it aligned, but the problem may be you just drive like a freak.
Originally Posted by BLUE TII
I guess I am saying- sure get it aligned, but the problem may be you just drive like a freak.
My only concern is that my front tires are even worse than the rears in regard to the outer tread wearing faster. It hasn't been aligned in a while, so I'm going to give that a shot when I get new tires. Thanks for the help. *Sorry to hijack.
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