So I went and got an alignment today at Flatout Motorsports in Bellingham, MA. I would definitely recommend them if you live in the area awesome shop and great group of guys.
www.flatout-motorsports.com/




Anyways here are the results

LF-
2.3 Camber
1/64 toe out
5.8 caster
749 lbs (includes 150 lb driver)

RF-
2.3 camber
1/64 toe out
6.0 caster
679 lbs

LR
2.5 camber
1/16 toe in
710 lbs

RR
2.5 camber
1/16 toe in
706lbs

Cross RF/LR %= 49.5
Front % = 50.2
Left % 51.3

Total weight with 150lb driver and ½ tank fuel load is 2844lbs
Car weights 2694lbs without driver and with ½ tank gas
2002 curb weight is listed as 2864lbs which is with a full tank of gas
So from my calculations I shed about 130lbs 2864-(2694+40) = 130lbs (I’m not sure the exact weight of a half a tank of gas but I’m figuring 40lbs)

The car feels like a totally different car, can’t believe what a difference it made. The steering feels light and crisp, turn in is extremely sharp and it feels like the car wants to really carve up the road now. Definitely inspires more confidence to push the car harder into and out of the corners.
Dragon here we come!

 

Nice alignments can really change a car. I need to tweak my alignment before we go down too. Car feels ready to swap ends on high speed sweepers. I think it is because I run zero toe in the back.

Speaking of toe... why are you running toe in the front and out at that? Out is typically a front wheel drive thing because the tend to toe in under acceleration. But it will help a but with straight line stability... keep an eye on tire wear... I know I roasted a set of fronts in less then a season with some toe in when I tried it...



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That shop had a lot of Miata's at Lime Rock on Monday. Glad to hear they took care of you

-Mike

 

I live down the street from them how much the charge u for the alignment.

 

Well it was 237 but I was there for 2 1/2 hours. It was corner balanced as well plus they tracked down and fixed a creaking noise in my suspension.

 

About the toe in/out I'm really not sure why he set it up that way. I originally thought it was toe in but when I looked at at again when I got home it said toe out in the front. When I was researching I did see that some guys are running toe out in the front. When he did the allignment I told him to go with what he thought would be thE best possible set up for the dragon and I also said tire ware was not an issue as I will probably be getting new sneakers after the trip.

 

a few pics at the shop

 

Cool group of cars there.

230ish is a good price. I think Kaizen is about that price too. Interested to see how the toe out works for the car too.

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I only paid $125 for UK Spec alignment at Kaizen.

 

The get another $100 for corner balance at Kaizen.

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