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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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The racing & competition forum has some great threads on alignments, but I'm curious to know what many of you "Dragoners" are setup to. My driving is primarily country roads, so I don't want to go as agressive as the track guys typically do.

For all intents and purposes mine is a totally stock AP2. Chassis brace and upgraded clutch are the only mentionable modifications.

As I recall, I was setup with the following up until my accident in 2007. After that, it was re-aligned when repaired but I have no idea what it came out to. Now that I'm getting fresh tires installed, I figure it's time to get a purposeful setup again.

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Camber 1.5
Caster max
Toe 0.5 degree out

Rear
Camber 2
Toe 1 degree in

Of cousre I'm not even certain this is what I ended up with, because the monkeys at the tire shop didn't provide me a post-alignment print out. This time I'm going somewhere I can trust (a Cadillac dealer!).

I'll also be running a handful of HDPE's this year, but also a fair amount of highway driving. I guess compromise is the name of the game...
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:10 AM
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UK spec alignment for me
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:27 AM
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UK Specs before on my Ap1.
Ap2 I'd like to run UK spec (or something similar) with my new setup
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:29 AM
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Mocky, are you sure that the "UK aliignment spec" numbers are even valid for an AP2? I have no idea whether or not they are but it seems like they may not be.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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[QUOTE=SheDrivesIt,Mar 25 2008, 11:29 AM] Mocky, are you sure that the "UK aliignment spec" numbers are even valid for an AP2?
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:35 AM
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Modified UK AP2 specs

Rear axle
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Camber left -2
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:35 AM
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Ap1 UK Specs

Honda (UK) Recommended Optimum Specification

Front
Caster Left 6
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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[QUOTE=Mocky,Mar 25 2008, 07:35 AM]Modified UK AP2 specs

Rear axle
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Camber left -2
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:47 AM
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s2ki.com


j/k

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...0&#entry6003408
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:08 AM
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Got it, thanks for the info, I am sure that will come in handy eventualy..
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