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Old 10-26-2017, 04:11 AM
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Default Speed Academy S2000 Track Alignment Specs

Here's a link to their site and the subject.

Note they repeat what I've stressed about suspensions when guys want to "upgrade" to adjustable coil-overs, that the settings are not magic and dependent on which specific track you're running, what tires, the driver (!), etc., etc. And they make adjustments all the time. Still good information though.

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Old 10-29-2017, 06:32 PM
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Their local track is a very tight track. Majority 2nd gear turns, the rest are 3rd gear, with one 4th gear off the front straight. So Keep that in mind if youre using their setup.
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The infamous UK 1/4" (~0.6°) total rear toe spec strikes again... I tried it years ago, and found it to suck, bad, for everything (handling predictability/linearity, tire life, stability in a straight line, tire life, responsiveness at turn-in, tire life, etc..).

Way way too much rear toe IMO, I like about 1/4 to 1/3 of that, 0.15° to 0.2° total rear toe in.
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not enough front camber for track
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Originally Posted by ZDan
The infamous UK 1/4" (~0.6°) total rear toe spec strikes again... I tried it years ago, and found it to suck, bad, for everything (handling predictability/linearity, tire life, stability in a straight line, tire life, responsiveness at turn-in, tire life, etc..).

Way way too much rear toe IMO, I like about 1/4 to 1/3 of that, 0.15° to 0.2° total rear toe in.
Completely agree. I haven't even tried to run that much rear toe in but definitely wasn't a fan even running 1/8" total.
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I have found 0.28* total toe works best for me. I would definitely suggest they swap their camber settings front to back (at minimum) since they are running square if I recall correctly.
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Yep, their local track is Toronto Motorsports Park which is 3,000 meters at most.

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Do some people run more camber than that, especially in front?
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I do... I'm 3.75* front, 3.25* rear, 7* caster, 0 toe front, .20" total rear toe
My tire wear is even across the tire.

As always, you can't look at one area of the car, you need to look at the whole setup -- the car, the driver, and the track.
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