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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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Someone recommended me to get my alignment done to specs:

-2 camber - front
-1.3 camber - back

zero toe out - front
.25" toe in - back


what about the caster?

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Originally Posted by RrCoX22
Someone recommended me to get my alignment done to specs:

-2 camber - front
-1.3 camber - back

zero toe out - front
.25" toe in - back


what about the caster?
That's a TON of negative camber dude... You will surely go through tires fast. Camber/caster settings still rely on a lot of factors...

How much inside turn in bite do you want (more caster). 7-8 degrees is stock.
How soft is your suspension? (more roll = more camber = more caster reaction = bad)
How low is the car? (active camber changes accelerate once arms go below parallel).
What type of track? (short turns, autocross? Road Atlanta? Daytona?)
Top speed? (you want these suckers to be planted in the straight too, right?)

-2 degrees camber is very extreme dude. Do you have a bump steer kit? Do you have a camber kit?

If it were me I'd get practice at the stock setting, then go extreme with ONE setting (camber before caster) so you can feel the real difference, then adjust.

I hope my rambling helped.


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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RrCoX22
Someone recommended me to get my alignment done to specs:

-2 camber - front
-1.3 camber - back

zero toe out - front
.25" toe in - back


what about the caster?
What are you trying to do?

With that much camber you are maxing out the cams on the lower control arms and removing all washers from behind the upper control arms which means you will be limited to about 4 degrees of caster.

On the street you will be wearing out the inside edge of the front tires.

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ya that's what I figured... forgot to mention that it's lowered all the way down on stock bolts.

what do you guys recommend for aggressive street use and general road courses.
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I think every car is different! ! ! What are your intentions..............................
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Originally Posted by RrCoX22
ya that's what I figured... forgot to mention that it's lowered all the way down on stock bolts.

what do you guys recommend for aggressive street use and general road courses.
I would seriously recommend using the flat stock setting. If you are lowered, active camber will react more than stock height anyway. Get some hard sways and see how it feels. Change only one thing at a time and see how the difference feels.

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I've been playing around with the settings
I'm at 4 degrees caster and like the change

also if you lowered the car you need to check the bumpsteer
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