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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 12:41 PM
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Finally got around to getting my alignment and camber settings adjusted recently, and had some fun testing out the new handling setup. I went with the majority of 1/16 total toe out in front(between .06-.07 degrees), and 0 toe in rear. camber is set to -.2 degrees in the front and -.4 in the rear. I must say that the toe out in the front didnt affect the car how I thought it would. It actually seems to "push" more (understeer) when cornering hard, both on and off the throttle. Im guessing my tires have a part in that as well since Im running 205/50/15s and only 35psi. I just thought I would get a little more turn in and rotation. Maybe I should run a little more PSI in the rear or perhaps the JDM rear bar? Just thought I would share and get some opinions and/or criticism since Im kinda bored right now at work
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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 02:05 PM
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Default Re: OT: Handling characteristics after alignment (RTW DC2)

More camber in the rear than the front?

Maybe that's why it doesn't rotate so well...

Only -0.2 degrees in the front???
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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 03:48 PM
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stock ITR wheels, H&R sport springs, skunk 2 rear lower bar, no other aftermarket suspension pieces.

my car was in an accident before I got it, so Ive finally got the chance to get it up on an alignment rack to try to straighten things out. I had to put a camber kit on the front right so I could get more negative camber believe it or not, it was positive before the camber kit. Front left has no camber kit. rear camber was adjusted using the washer method, I had to put two washers on the left rear, and one washer on the right rear. Needless to say it is way better now than it was. the current camber might not be ideal but Ill take what I can get and its way better than when I got the car. so you think if I could get a little more camber in front (or less in the rear) that it would help turn in and rotation?
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 10:50 AM
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Wow! That is not good... a few points:
1)You have suspension components that may be bent
2)You have suspension pick-up points that may be out of factory spec

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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 10:59 AM
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Default Re: OT: Handling characteristics after alignment (Ausmith)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ausmith &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wow! That is not good... a few points:
1)You have suspension components that may be bent
2)You have suspension pick-up points that may be out of factory spec

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I know its not good, thats why Im trying to make best with what I have. Its really hard to get in there and see what is bent. I actually replaced the left front LCA because I noticed that was bent, and that corner seems to be ok. But its really hard to see where else the problem is(suspension, frame, etc) so Ive just had to make do with what I have. Considering how bad it was when I got it, its actually pretty impressive we got it to even specs on both sides lol
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