So I made a bunch of changes to my suspension this year and need to align it now. I may be over thinking this but my thought is, in this order; corner balance and ride height adjustment, then alignment camber caster and toe then adjust bump steer then re-check/adjust the toe? Thoughts?

 

Ride height adjustment before the corner balance or else you negate the "benefits" of having one done. The corner balance will be done by adjusting the cross heights of the car to achieve whatever balance you want, so if you adjust the height after the balance you are effectively ruining the corner balance you just paid for.

 

I have access to scales and alignment tools. I already have the car close to the height I want I’m just going to lower it slightly when I corner balance. But yes I should of put it height adjustment then corner balance. I guess what I’m really looking for is the bump steer part of it. When to adjust that and what to adjust after?

 

theres a pretty good vid on adjusting bumpsteer on youtube from one of our members on here, If I remember correctly it was a black ap1 and he goes into detail regarding plotting the points a graph..unfortunately i dont remember his username.

 

I was able to find it I’m just not sure if I should adjust toe before and or after adjusting bump steer

 

Adjust toe after, but you should already be close in adjustment before. Another good resource is...
https://robrobinette.com/S2000FrontBump.htm

 

Quick question on ride height. For a typical track/racing suspension, what are you guys shooting for in terms of ride height? Are you setting up a rake or is it even all around?

Thanks in advance. I'm a former Miata guy learning the ways of the S2000

 

Very slight rake (front lower).

If you're in SoCal (it seems like you're somewhere in California) - take it to West End for alignment. I'm very happy with how they align and setup my ride heights. They have a long standing history of aligning S2000s.

Additional note - keep your total rear toe-in at 1/8 to 3/16. Don't do 1/4" like many people recommend. It's way too much - makes the car understeer too much and transition to snap oversteer. Less toe-in actually make the car more predictable and have a smoother break away.

 

Yes, I have an appointment to see them. I took a C5 Z06 there a few years back and they did a great job.

I live in SoCal, 5 miles away from WSIR.