Starting point for suspension
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Starting point for suspension
Ok, so I'm getting ready to track my car next month and I'm looking for some starting settings. Parts are as follows:
PIC R1 selects 10k/12k
Skunk2 Pro2+ front upper control arms
PIC LCA's out back
Stock sway bars front and rear.
I'm looking a good starting point in alignment settings. I was thinking 1/8 toe out up front, 0 in the rear and -2 degree's of camber. Any other suggestions or feed back?
FWIW the car is an 00 ITR
PIC R1 selects 10k/12k
Skunk2 Pro2+ front upper control arms
PIC LCA's out back
Stock sway bars front and rear.
I'm looking a good starting point in alignment settings. I was thinking 1/8 toe out up front, 0 in the rear and -2 degree's of camber. Any other suggestions or feed back?
FWIW the car is an 00 ITR
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Re: Starting point for suspension (Dave_B)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave_B »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, so I'm getting ready to track my car next month and I'm looking for some starting settings. Parts are as follows:
PIC R1 selects 10k/12k
Skunk2 Pro2+ front upper control arms
PIC LCA's out back
Stock sway bars front and rear.
I'm looking a good starting point in alignment settings. I was thinking 1/8 toe out up front, 0 in the rear and -2 degree's of camber. Any other suggestions or feed back?
FWIW the car is an 00 ITR</TD></TR></TABLE>
While there are some differences between you ITR and my 00 GSR, I'll give my experiences to help you decide on alignment settings.
Koni Yellows and GC 400/400 Springs (400 ~= 7.14k)
Comptech rear swaybar set to stiffest
When I was running 2.2* / 1.4* camber, I kept cooking the outsides of the front tires for both autox and hpde use. Never really damaged the tires, but definately hotter on the outer shoulder after comming back into the pits, and was wearing them slightly faster than the center. I raised the car up a little, added SPC UCAs to the front, had the car realigned to 2.7* / 1.2* and seemed to get more even tire temps and wear for hpde use. This is all with 0 toe all around, since its also my daily driver. Just ran an autox this weekend and Sears (NEVER go there for an alignment) messed up my alignment, and I was running late anyway, so I said screw it an went. Ended up with 4* front camber, and wow was it fun, but it did seem a bit easier to trip the ABS braking. Also gave me a very generous amount of oversteer.
PIC R1 selects 10k/12k
Skunk2 Pro2+ front upper control arms
PIC LCA's out back
Stock sway bars front and rear.
I'm looking a good starting point in alignment settings. I was thinking 1/8 toe out up front, 0 in the rear and -2 degree's of camber. Any other suggestions or feed back?
FWIW the car is an 00 ITR</TD></TR></TABLE>
While there are some differences between you ITR and my 00 GSR, I'll give my experiences to help you decide on alignment settings.
Koni Yellows and GC 400/400 Springs (400 ~= 7.14k)
Comptech rear swaybar set to stiffest
When I was running 2.2* / 1.4* camber, I kept cooking the outsides of the front tires for both autox and hpde use. Never really damaged the tires, but definately hotter on the outer shoulder after comming back into the pits, and was wearing them slightly faster than the center. I raised the car up a little, added SPC UCAs to the front, had the car realigned to 2.7* / 1.2* and seemed to get more even tire temps and wear for hpde use. This is all with 0 toe all around, since its also my daily driver. Just ran an autox this weekend and Sears (NEVER go there for an alignment) messed up my alignment, and I was running late anyway, so I said screw it an went. Ended up with 4* front camber, and wow was it fun, but it did seem a bit easier to trip the ABS braking. Also gave me a very generous amount of oversteer.
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