I'm getting my new car aligned tomorrow, and was curious to what is adjustable from the factory. By this I mean front/rear camber and front castor. Right now the car has really harsh turn-in (fully stock car, kind of dives unpredictably into the corners) and tracks a lot. I don't think its had an alignment done in a LONG time.

Anyways, are these specs doable with factory components?

-2 camber in the front
+6 castor
-1.5 camber rear
1/16th toe out in front
0 toe rear.

This is just a temp thing until I buy some BC coilovers, I don't like the way the car pulls all over right now and it doesn't feel very sure of itself in the corners.

Thanks!

 

The suspension has a large range of travel in camber, caster and toe in the front and camber and toe in the rear.

The settings depend on how you use the car. If it's mainly a street driven car those camber setting are too aggressive and you'll definitely want to go with a 16th toe IN. If your an autoxer those would be a good starting point.

Paul

 

try -1 camber in front and -0.5 in rear
with 0 toe rear, and 1/16th in at front

i left castor setting stock

i find this is an optima and general setting for the street as well as the occasional autox/road course.

 

I AutoX and Solosprint pretty much every weekend (with my previous Skyline, so now the FD is taking it's place). There will be no toe in anywhere on the car... that's lame :P.

This is just a preliminary alignment to see how the car feels. I have only driven it a few times and I just got it, and want to start getting a feel for the car. Are those adjustments do-able with stock suspension?


What is stock castor for the FD? And what it recommended? I don't know too much about this suspension as my old car was very front heavy, almost 70/30 so I need to adjust my knowledge of settings to the FD.

 

after i install the launch kit from rx7.com will i need to go have the car fully alligned? sorry to thread hijack but it may lead to help answering his question some. and others who are prob thinking the same as me..

 

Pretty much anytime you touch something on the suspension, you re-align. This inludes all arms, bushes, tire sidewall, width, wheel width, offset etc.

On my DD I have an alignment done usually avery 6 months. On my "fun" car the settings always change and I am always adding some new part so they come as often as once a month.

 

ok cool, i figured as much.. but i was just like well i dunno really.. so ill need it fully aligned to factory specs for the street and just use the tougher parts and watch her not wheel hop anymore!! yay!

 

Start with the Pettit Racing short track alignment:

http://pettitracing.com/rx7/index_information.htm

Then just adjust from there what you need for your usage of the car.