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Old 07-06-08, 12:15 AM
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Question FD's Maximum Negative Camber adjustment setting?

Hi guys,

I would just like to confirm if negative -3camber is the most you can get out from stock.

Or is it -4 ?

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Old 07-06-08, 11:41 AM
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That'll at least be partially dependant on the ride height of the car. The lower you go the more camber you should be able to get.
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...and the less dynamic camber gain you'll have.
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stock -2 is the max i think. i aligned mine myself after i put my coils on but i didnt go too crazy im around 1-1.5. i didnt have to add much after the drop you might be able to get -3 or even 4 but why you would want to dont know. at least not that much
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Doesn't the maximum camber attainable in front also depend partially on the amount of caster being run?
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thanks guys.
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I got about -4 on mine, but I am low for a FD.
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I can't think of any applications where you should need 4 degrees of camber.
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If this is going to be a time attack car, there is no reason to go that much. On the Star Mazda cars, we generally run about -.5 to -1 just enough to free the car up so it does not bind while putting the power down on exit. -4 and you will not be able to turn the thing.

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I'm thinking this is for "fittng" wheels on a car hopefully I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by ptrhahn
I can't think of any applications where you should need 4 degrees of camber.
Maybe for a strut car with lots of body roll, but chances are that you'd still not need that much.
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Originally Posted by Black91n/a
Doesn't the maximum camber attainable in front also depend partially on the amount of caster being run?
on an fd/rx8/miata yes thats right. maximum camber depends on the car, and the year. they seem to vary a little, and 94+ fd's have different hubs. they added caster, so you can get more caster and more negative camber.
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^^^Seems a more likely source would be the upright change that went to the end of production.
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whats all this negative camber for? -4? Sounds crazy
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Originally Posted by kwerks
whats all this negative camber for? -4? Sounds crazy

Extremly poor fitting wheels (function following form in this case). Unfortunatley I was correct the first time I said this. Not my tatse, but nice clean car otherwise.

~Mike..................
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..another question guys..


^^ Why would these Pillow ***** give more camber than the stock ones?

Because they have more turn in?

And where do they fit?

I didnt know that just by upgrading to these you could get more camber out of than stock.

http://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm/Super-No...D3S-RX-7-51432
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Offset bushings move the inner pivot point, which is the same thing that the alignment cam bolts do. This in turn moves the outer pivot points, which changes the camber.
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