Wheel alignment for more road feel?
Team Owner
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
5000 miles is MAX ON ANY performance tires. more like 3-4000 if that.
Performance tires and passenger car tires are TWO DIFFERENT TIRE construction and rubber chemical combinations.
Tires for lots of miles tend to be harder in rubber compounds
Tires for performance are softer in rubber compounds for better grip and performance. But dont get many miles.
Performance tires and passenger car tires are TWO DIFFERENT TIRE construction and rubber chemical combinations.
Tires for lots of miles tend to be harder in rubber compounds
Tires for performance are softer in rubber compounds for better grip and performance. But dont get many miles.
Race Director
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From: South Western Ontario
-1* camber on the front with a slight to-out will eat the inside edge of the tire quite quickly.
If you want tire life then you can't be very agressive with the alignment. I can show you my set of rear PS2's with almost 40k miles on them and they've worn very evenly and aren't quite at the wear bars yet. But, the alignment is not agressive and I do a lot of highway driving. The traction has definately fallen off but actually not as much as I expected. I haven't gone far enough on fronts yet to know what wear I can expect.
Peter
If you want tire life then you can't be very agressive with the alignment. I can show you my set of rear PS2's with almost 40k miles on them and they've worn very evenly and aren't quite at the wear bars yet. But, the alignment is not agressive and I do a lot of highway driving. The traction has definately fallen off but actually not as much as I expected. I haven't gone far enough on fronts yet to know what wear I can expect.
Peter
Drifting
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From: Florida
St. Jude Donor '09
-1* camber on the front with a slight to-out will eat the inside edge of the tire quite quickly.
If you want tire life then you can't be very agressive with the alignment. I can show you my set of rear PS2's with almost 40k miles on them and they've worn very evenly and aren't quite at the wear bars yet. But, the alignment is not agressive and I do a lot of highway driving. The traction has definately fallen off but actually not as much as I expected. I haven't gone far enough on fronts yet to know what wear I can expect.
Peter
If you want tire life then you can't be very agressive with the alignment. I can show you my set of rear PS2's with almost 40k miles on them and they've worn very evenly and aren't quite at the wear bars yet. But, the alignment is not agressive and I do a lot of highway driving. The traction has definately fallen off but actually not as much as I expected. I haven't gone far enough on fronts yet to know what wear I can expect.
Peter
Team Owner
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
If you want tire life then you can't be very agressive with the alignment. I can show you my set of rear PS2's with almost 40k miles on them and they've worn very evenly and aren't quite at the wear bars yet. But, the alignment is not agressive and I do a lot of highway driving. The traction has definately fallen off but actually not as much as I expected. I haven't gone far enough on fronts yet to know what wear I can expect.
Peter
Peter
and I have some worn out tires that had -3.0* Camber up front and even tire wear across the whole tire.
But then again 50% of the tires time was in high speed corners too
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
That is what we have done on our street vette
Track or Road course is different.
My track car
Front
camber: -3.0*
Caster: 6.0* Equal
Toe: 1/32" out
Rear
Camber -2.0*
toe: 1/32" IN
No Cross, No Ranges EXACT.
