chairmnofthboard

I hit something in the road and my S has been acting funny. I'm going to get new tires and have the car aligned again.

I need some alignment specs. I need something that will make the car handle better and is less twitchy. Tire wear is not a concern to me.

Info: RPF1's, 17x8 & 17x9, 225/255, Tanabe springs 1" drop.

Thanks guys.

Hero

uk alignment or step it up to something custom. but the uk alignment is phenomenal compared to the stock US alignment.

chairmnofthboard

Do you happen to know the specs?

05TurboS2k

UK specs, search it... I remember about 2 years ago I searched it and found a write-up on it.

UK is a good setup for street, if you've no concern for tire wear I suggest race specs but honestly the tire wear will be substantial especially cause your inner tread is gonna wear out very prematurely, you'll miss out on 30% of your tread width or more.

mzvyap2

Just recently got my S aligned to UK specs and the S handles alot better than US specs.

NFRAP1

The UK alignment specs are more aggressive than the U.S. version and are widely believed to make the car handle much better.

Front Camber -1
Caster 6.0 or higher (get as high as possible)
Front Toe � zero (NO POSITIVE TOE! Slightly negative won't hurt. Makes the car track straight.)

Rear Camber -2
Rear toe -.5 total (-.25 each side). You can go -.25 total (-.12 each side) to have the rear tires last a little longer if treadwear is an issue. Again - NO POSITIVE TOE!

AP1.5

I've been driving with UK spec for the past 8 months now. Feels great.

Hero

here's what i have saved. the specs for the 99-01 are actually a little different then the 02 and 03 ap1s. this being the case, i would have to assume ap2 specs to be slightly different as well, and most certainly the CR would have different specs.

but given you have a 2000, this should be helpful:

In Britian the specs for early model years were revised with a TSB. A UK Tech Bulletin dated 2 Jan 2002 for 1999-2001 model year only, states after thorough evaluation and dynamic testing Honda UK can confirm the optimum steering and suspension geometry settings for the Honda S2000 are:

Front Castor 6.45
Front Camber -1.0
Front Toe 0.0
Rear Camber -2.0
Rear Toe 0.20 total 0.40

Footnote: When the S2000 was introduced in Britian a number of British magazines complained about the handling characteristics. In 2001, reportedly Honda UK pounded S2000's round MIRA's test track for several days trying altnernate settings. As far as is known the UK springs and shocks are the sames as US cars up to MY2002. The above settings were published in a UK technical bulletin as an improvement over the original specs, which were the same as the US. The UK MY2002 car's are reported to have different springs and shocks, and alignment - it's known that they are different, but not what the differences are yet.

The 2002 UK Owner's Manul gives specs that are the same as the US car:
Front Castor 6.0
Front Camber -0.3
Front Toe 0 mm or 0
Rear Camber -1.3
Rear Toe 6mm or.24

05TurboS2k

A little rear toe in keeps the car planted in general.

tmkpres

just run my specs -2 in the front and -4 in the rear