S2000 STR prep resource
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Originally Posted by BrianGT,Apr 6 2010, 12:53 PM
-2.0 front, -2.1 rear with zero toe all around.
Once I am able to get offset bushings for the front arms, we will try more, as our front camber is maxed out, and the rear is at the minimum setting.
Once I am able to get offset bushings for the front arms, we will try more, as our front camber is maxed out, and the rear is at the minimum setting.
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
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From: Atlanta
Originally Posted by Jreyenga,Apr 6 2010, 04:05 PM
As of last weekend I’m currently at
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
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From: Atlanta, GA
Originally Posted by Jreyenga,Apr 6 2010, 04:05 PM
As of last weekend I’m currently at
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
Stock '01 rear bar, Saner front bar, swapping to the Gendron bar before the next event.
What kind of clunking noises do axles make? Our car makes noises sometimes in the rear, but I attributed them to the OS Giken diff.
Time to buy new fender liners, as our passenger one came off the car last event, and the driver side one is about to fail.
The Hankook tires look good so far, 85 runs on them so far, and wear isn't too bad, especially considering my wife's co-driver Jay Parcon likes to drift the car sometimes.
-Brian
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Originally Posted by glagola1,Apr 6 2010, 01:28 PM
My AP2 would simply not turn at all if I was running that set up. Crazy.
I think it would be a worth while experiment to run some more toe-in in the back and throw the rear bar back on. I have no idea what I’m going to have to do to the setup once I put a wing on the car.
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Originally Posted by Jreyenga,Apr 6 2010, 01:05 PM
As of last weekend I’m currently at
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
Front:
850lb/in
1.5” bar
-2.5 degrees
Zero toe
Rear:
700lb/in
No bar
-2 degrees
3/16” toe-in
Rear alignment numbers were before I lowered it another 0.6” in the back… so… a little more camber and a little less toe-in. Maybe I’m weird, but I think the car rides pretty nice on the street like this.
I just bought a set of Tein SRC's with 900lb... I was planning on going back to a stock front sway. I have a Gendron currently...but it weighs a chit-ton. Maybe it would be a good idea to keep the Gendron just for the 6 way adjustability...
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From: Atlanta
Originally Posted by Jreyenga,Apr 6 2010, 05:02 PM
The car is HORRIBLE on the first lap on Hankooks right now, but after they get a little heat in them, the balance feels good. It’s certainly fair to describe the current balance of the car as ‘tight’ but mid corner or corner exit, the limit of the rears isn’t far behind the front and I can easily induce yaw if I need it. But for the first time now I can consistently keep the throttle flat and steer through transitions without the back-end of the car blazing its own path.
I think it would be a worth while experiment to run some more toe-in in the back and throw the rear bar back on. I have no idea what I’m going to have to do to the setup once I put a wing on the car.
I think it would be a worth while experiment to run some more toe-in in the back and throw the rear bar back on. I have no idea what I’m going to have to do to the setup once I put a wing on the car.
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Originally Posted by glagola1,Apr 6 2010, 04:28 PM
My AP2 would simply not turn at all if I was running that set up. Crazy.
