Front Camber Settings
03-20-2009, 05:40 PM
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Front Camber Settings
Last year on my DD and road course track car I ran front toe in of 1/16 and camber of - .75 degrees.
This season I am planning to the leave the toe in at 1/16 and increase the camber to either -1.5 or -2.0 degrees for both street and track.
The other mods are per my sig below except for the addition/change before the season starts of of a FAYS2 Watt's link, UMI poly/rod LCAs and Stranopart front sway bar links.
I'm currently planning about 6 track days on both high speed and short tracks.
Anyone have any thoughts/suggestions/comments?
This season I am planning to the leave the toe in at 1/16 and increase the camber to either -1.5 or -2.0 degrees for both street and track.
The other mods are per my sig below except for the addition/change before the season starts of of a FAYS2 Watt's link, UMI poly/rod LCAs and Stranopart front sway bar links.
I'm currently planning about 6 track days on both high speed and short tracks.
Anyone have any thoughts/suggestions/comments?
03-20-2009, 08:11 PM
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I used - 1.8 on street tires and didn't see unusual wear on the street or track.
Now that was with 255/50/17 Kumho SPT's, which might not be as grippy as your tires. Also, my car is not a daily driver, so the track/street percentage is higher.
- Wayne
Now that was with 255/50/17 Kumho SPT's, which might not be as grippy as your tires. Also, my car is not a daily driver, so the track/street percentage is higher.
- Wayne
03-22-2009, 02:20 AM
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Do you own or have access to toe plates and a pyrometer? If not, buy them. Get a contact pyrometer - not an IR. Just be careful when you're getting close to the cords LOL.
Factory specs are up to -1.5 or -1.7 or something like that. -2.0 to -2.25 is about as far as you can go before you start getting a liiitle bit of inside wear. At -2.5 on a daily driver it will be noticeable , but not major. Beyond that your gonna chew them up.
It's really up to you. If you're not paying attention to the details with your tires, I would set it at -1.5 and leave it, but that's a generalization.
If you're not going to toe it out a little bit at least set it at zero.
Factory specs are up to -1.5 or -1.7 or something like that. -2.0 to -2.25 is about as far as you can go before you start getting a liiitle bit of inside wear. At -2.5 on a daily driver it will be noticeable , but not major. Beyond that your gonna chew them up.
It's really up to you. If you're not paying attention to the details with your tires, I would set it at -1.5 and leave it, but that's a generalization.
If you're not going to toe it out a little bit at least set it at zero.
03-26-2009, 03:49 PM
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My two data points are in line with what RodeoFlyer has said:
-1.9 == no noticeable wear
-2.7 == very noticeable wear
-2.7 is the max I could get out of it without using concentric bolts in the strut-to-spindle mounts. (It's limited by the size of the hole in the strut tower.) I wanted to set it up this way so that I could see what it was like at it's maximum setting. It turns out that I actually like the way car feels on corner entry with 2.7 and wouldn't change it except for the tire wear issue that it introduces. I don't drive it that much on the street (mostly to/from events) but even this is enough to wear the inside quickly.
The idea of flipping the tires on the rims fairly often just doesn't sound appealing so I'll probably be back down around -2.0 here real soon.
-1.9 == no noticeable wear
-2.7 == very noticeable wear
-2.7 is the max I could get out of it without using concentric bolts in the strut-to-spindle mounts. (It's limited by the size of the hole in the strut tower.) I wanted to set it up this way so that I could see what it was like at it's maximum setting. It turns out that I actually like the way car feels on corner entry with 2.7 and wouldn't change it except for the tire wear issue that it introduces. I don't drive it that much on the street (mostly to/from events) but even this is enough to wear the inside quickly.
The idea of flipping the tires on the rims fairly often just doesn't sound appealing so I'll probably be back down around -2.0 here real soon.
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