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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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Road racing suggestions?

Later in the week I'll be at streets of willow. I was just wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to set my alignment up. I could set it close to stock specs but any suggestions would help. I have tein HE coilovers with pillowball mounts and individual rear camber adjusters. So making these adjustments wouldn't be an issue.

I was mainly interested in how much camber you guys usually run for the front and rears.

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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 01:16 AM
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Camber changes the temp range measured across the face of the tire depending which part of the tire gets worked more... Therefore to dial in camber on any car you need the ability to read tire temps. The probe style is best but even a cheap laser thermometer from harbor frieght should help you get it close. In an ideal world you want to be somewhere between even across the entire face to a linear increase of 15-20 degrees on from outside to inside edge. With R-comps I'd start at about -2.5 deg front -1.5 degree rear for camber and work from there. In street tires maybe -2 deg front and -1.2 degree rear.

Again, these are all baselines and you may find you have to compromise grip via tire pressure at one end to get the car to rotate properly (assuming you don't have the ability to adjust swaybars).

I like zero toe front and rear, but it kind of depends on how tight the track is and how much power you're putting down. Don't screw much with the rear. In front a bit of toe out will help the car turn in. A bit of toe in will prevent the car from wandering and is more stable at speed. In either case by a bit I'd say keep it within 1/16" of zero and you're good.

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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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sweet, I'll have to look into getting a thermometer. I posted in the 2nd gen section and got an almost identical response so i'm headed in the right direction. Thanks i guess thats all the info I can gain from the west section.
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