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Old Mar 26, 2002 | 09:09 PM
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is there any special aglinment set up i should get done on my car for solo 2 that would help me have a better handling car? i have hear of people getting more of an "agressive" aglinment.. any tips?
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 03:03 AM
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Default Re: aglinment (scofa)

is ur suspension stock? if so, u can give urself some toe adjustments and thats about it. to pick up some camber, ur gonna need some adjustable upper control arms. OR u can get camber the ghetto way and lower the car and don't correct the camber u'll pick up. fo more info on all this, do a SeArCh.
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 04:16 AM
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yeah i should have said i have sportlines and tokico adjustables. sorry i keep forgetting about doing a search. do you have any numbers i can work with?
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 04:54 AM
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On My Del Sol when it was stock I ran 1/8 total toe in the front and 1/2 total toe in the rear. It is what oscar and the evolution dial in school suggested for front drive stick cars.
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 06:15 AM
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Default Re: aglinment (George Knighton)

George, you aren't autocrossing, are you? An "autocross alignment" can be downright scary on a racetrack.
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 06:47 AM
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on my RS with H&R OE Sport Springs, KYB AGX, ST swaybars, K-Mac adjustable camber/caster setup, I found 1/8" total toe out front, and 0 toe to work well for me at the rear.
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 08:16 AM
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On My Del Sol when it was stock I ran 1/8 total toe in the front and 1/2 total toe in the rear.
You run 1/2" rear toe? Good gravy! I know the Sol is heavier, but we're at 0 rear toe in the Civic with gobs of rotation. How twitchy is it? I agree that 1/8" total front toe is pretty popular.
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 10:28 AM
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I have 400F, 450R GC's with Yellows and Comptech rear sway and run 1/16'' total toe out up front, and dead nuts 0 out back. Just had mine set yesterday.

While were on this topic, my Caster angles are a little confusing. L-1.4deg, R-1.9deg. What could cause a half deg diff? If I took a rubber mallot to the L side, could I bang out a half deg? Hah.
Also is a .4deg difference in camber out back that detrimental? Last week I tried to do the stupid "washer trick" and now cant get one of the bolts back in completley. It looked and felt like it went it far enough to not affect the camber but...
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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 11:00 AM
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You run 1/2" rear toe? Good gravy! I know the Sol is heavier, but we're at 0 rear toe in the Civic with gobs of rotation. How twitchy is it?
It was great, when it was stock.. in fact even with all the improvemnts I have done to the car, (Coil Overs, strut tower bars) I am not as fast as I was on AGX shocks and r Tires, the was not that twticy I ahd to be careful on high speed sweapers on out auto -x course's but we only did that at one site, and I jsut ran a lower rear air pressue, remeber loose is fast, and I am thinking about doint the same alignment on my car now to se how ti is, btw my del sol only weights 2290 ( in autocross trim) which is like the same wieght as a 93 civic si

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Old Mar 27, 2002 | 08:58 PM
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i haven't got the race car on the rack to set some toe, but i'm runnin about 1/8 toe out on my daily driver up front and something retarted out back(bent stuff will do that). feels pritty good. turn in is good and it will oversteer a bit if i sleep on it.
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