Rate my Racey Street Alignment!
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Thanks for all the helpful input guys!
I will reach out to the shop to see if they will allow me to redo without charging me again. If So I might try to reduce all number a little bit to get closer to stock or stock!
I will reach out to the shop to see if they will allow me to redo without charging me again. If So I might try to reduce all number a little bit to get closer to stock or stock!
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Your settings look ok to me. More set up for high speed sweepers or interstate driving than low speed hairpins and tight mountain twisties.
You could increase the camber, but you'll increase the tire wear too. You could decrease the rear toe, but be sure you're comfortable driving a car that's a bit more tail happy. An AP2 I'd suspect you could comfortably run even less rear toe but I've never had one to try it.
in my AP1 I used to run .15 rear toe on each side, -2.5 rear camber, -1.5 front camber, no front toe and max caster. I was happy with it for medium speed curves on the street, which is most of what I do. I just went back to OEM settings and it feels less lively now. Will roll with it for awhile to give it a fair chance, but will proly end up going back to what I had.
You could increase the camber, but you'll increase the tire wear too. You could decrease the rear toe, but be sure you're comfortable driving a car that's a bit more tail happy. An AP2 I'd suspect you could comfortably run even less rear toe but I've never had one to try it.
in my AP1 I used to run .15 rear toe on each side, -2.5 rear camber, -1.5 front camber, no front toe and max caster. I was happy with it for medium speed curves on the street, which is most of what I do. I just went back to OEM settings and it feels less lively now. Will roll with it for awhile to give it a fair chance, but will proly end up going back to what I had.
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Your settings look ok to me. More set up for high speed sweepers or interstate driving than low speed hairpins and tight mountain twisties.
You could increase the camber, but you'll increase the tire wear too. You could decrease the rear toe, but be sure you're comfortable driving a car that's a bit more tail happy. An AP2 I'd suspect you could comfortably run even less rear toe but I've never had one to try it.
in my AP1 I used to run .15 rear toe on each side, -2.5 rear camber, -1.5 front camber, no front toe and max caster. I was happy with it for medium speed curves on the street, which is most of what I do. I just went back to OEM settings and it feels less lively now. Will roll with it for awhile to give it a fair chance, but will probably end up going back to what I had.
You could increase the camber, but you'll increase the tire wear too. You could decrease the rear toe, but be sure you're comfortable driving a car that's a bit more tail happy. An AP2 I'd suspect you could comfortably run even less rear toe but I've never had one to try it.
in my AP1 I used to run .15 rear toe on each side, -2.5 rear camber, -1.5 front camber, no front toe and max caster. I was happy with it for medium speed curves on the street, which is most of what I do. I just went back to OEM settings and it feels less lively now. Will roll with it for awhile to give it a fair chance, but will probably end up going back to what I had.
I am not an expert level drivers and more snappy over steer is probably not what I want.
I too fear that if I went back to stock I might find it less dynamic.
I wish Alignment was something that was more easily adjusted. I would have loved to try different setups back to back to see where I personally am most comfortable. I could continue to run this setup for another year or so.. and possibly adjust the numbers a little the next time I need one.. Since this is my daily, changes of me keeping my alignment up disturbed for more than a year are not high. Plus I have read that the S2000 is not very good at keeping alignment in general.
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Ap1 compression and rebound changes a lot in rear toe
ap2 not so, the pick up point are repositioned to illuminate the problem with snap & bump steer from rear. set to the minimum aka club requirements for ap2 its much more stable & illuminating any rear bump steer
tyre psi 32 x4 ?
ap2 not so, the pick up point are repositioned to illuminate the problem with snap & bump steer from rear. set to the minimum aka club requirements for ap2 its much more stable & illuminating any rear bump steer
tyre psi 32 x4 ?
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I ended up with these numbers because I trust the shop that did the work for me. I am curious to know if your numbers ended up like mine by chance or if you have a reason for having it setup that way.
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the manufacturer sets a range, having done hundreds of alignments I always try to set the alignment to true zero which is Exactly in the middle of that range. Not only has hunter confirmed that it’s ideal to be at center of that but if the engineers who designed the s2000 (who are much smarter than me) set that range it’s for a reason... now if I was racing the car it would be a different story, but for aggressive street driving where you and I are at than being in spec is a good place to be
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Yes, it is important to note that some of us, like me, are set up for autocross. So I dont care much about tire wear and I tailor my setup to work well in an autox application, which will be optimal for that, but not for street and even not for track use. Always set up per your intended use.
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