Hey guys. Pretty much a newbie to competitive drag racing here. I bought my CRX from a guy who had some ridiculous 17" wheels on it. It's got some adjustable shocks and coilovers and a camber kit, but then about a day after I swapped in my LS/VTEC I went out and crashed it. Now the wheels sit a little bit out down low (I believe this is called negative camber?) I know I could take it to a suspension shop to have it readjusted but I just don't have the money yet. The car is eating through the inner sides of tires like it's going out of style, and they are pretty slicked on the inside now.... I know the bad camber also means I'm getting a smaller contact patch then...


So the fact that the camber is screwed up, and my tires (in front) are leaning out at the bottom does this mean my launches are going to totally suck? I'm running stock wheels with regular street tires (nothing performance oriented or anything)

Here's as much info as I can give you.
1991 Honda CRX Si (full interior)
Tokicko Blue shocks
Ground Control Coilovers
Stock Wheels
Falken Ziex Tires
LS/VTEC 11.2:1 Compression about 170 whp
JDM YS1 Cable Tranny (Short) Non-LSD

I'm hoping to break into the 13's that's my only real goal for my first time at the track in this car.

 

yep

 

Alright thanks. I guess I'm a good guesser

 

How can you say you cant afford an alignment but you can afford to eat through tires? I never understand that kind of logic.

 

Haha I'm running economy tires I pulled off my old ford probe parts car. Just because I'm eating through tires doesn't mean I'm replacing them

 

You can use my drag radials if i can run your car once..

My car will be done next wednesday in time to make it to fridays tnt.. can't wait :-)

BTW i sold my gsr block for 800 bucks!

 

camber doesnt kill tires as bad as u think...toe does. btw i slammed my skunk2 coilovers all the way down(about a 4" drop) and went to the strip the other night for fun. I cut more than one 2.1 60' on 185/65/14 all seasons worn way down. Im only making about 180whp right now though...need to get tuned

 

take it to a shop..


Modified by hksbigboi4 at 4:04 AM 4/21/2004

 

Try reading his post, he already has a camber kit.

 

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*back from last month haha

Damn how are you launching? When I went to the track, I was on shitty tires and the best I could do was a 2.5. I might just need more practice, but it was depressing! My toe is in check too, but I do have -3 deg. of camber.

 

i rev up to about 3500, let the clutch out while giving it a little gas to keep the revs at 3.5 or a little higher until the clutch is fully engaged and then floor it. seems to work. went back again and pulled consistant 2.1s on the same tires, didnt let any air out of them either