S2000 Under The Hood S2000 Technical and Mechanical discussions.

Post your Alignment

Thread Tools
 
Old Jul 9, 2002 | 04:48 AM
  #71  
Yellow Streak's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,590
Likes: 0
From: Waterford
Default

Front Camber: -1.3
Rear Camber: -2.2
Front Toe: -.04
Rear Toe: .24

Running Neuspeed Sport Springs with stock tires/rims.

Only street driven so far.

-YS
Reply
Old Jul 18, 2002 | 05:00 AM
  #72  
quaesta's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 277
Likes: 0
From: Ft. Lauderdale
Default

My car was pulling from the factory I brought it to Rick Case Honda and then my steering wheel was crooked. I subsequently got 18's and Eibach springs. Here are my before and afters. I do not think Rick Case really aligned me. Is it possible that the springs threw the alignment this far out?

Before:
Front left right
camber -0.9 -0.3
cross camber -0.6
caster 5.5 5.8
cross catser -0.3
toe -0.25 -0.23
total toe -0.48

Rear
camber -2.0 -1.8
cross camber -0.2
toe 0.72 0.17
total toe 0.89
thrust angle 0.28

After:
Front left right
camber -0.5 -0.4
cross camber -0.1
caster 5.8 6.4
cross catser -0.6
toe -0.01 -0.01
total toe -0.02

Rear
camber -1.6 -1.6
cross camber -0.0
toe 0.27 0.25
total toe 0.52
thrust angle 0.01
Reply
Old Jul 19, 2002 | 04:04 PM
  #73  
cthree's Avatar
Administrator
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 20,274
Likes: 4
From: Toronto, Canada
Default

Front:
Camber: -1.7*
Caster: 6.5*
Toe: -0.15"

Rear:
Camber: -2.9*
Toe: 0.33"
Reply
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 12:03 PM
  #74  
monkeymaker's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 507
Likes: 0
From: East Bay
Default

Thanks for all the tips everybody. It's interesting to see the differences in setups. I'm going to have mine set at the UK performance specs and test it out at Thunderhill late next week. I'm excited to see how much of a difference it is over the stock setup I'm accustomed to.
Reply
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 03:59 PM
  #75  
Tedster's Avatar
Registered User
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 4,144
Likes: 0
From: Seattle
Default

Just be aware that you don't really know if what you're accustomed to is really the 'stock' setup, unless you've had it checked. Several people have reported pretty out-of-spec values when they have taken their fairly new S2000s in for alignment.
Reply
Old Jul 20, 2002 | 04:27 PM
  #76  
monkeymaker's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 507
Likes: 0
From: East Bay
Default

Good point, Ted. I'll get those figures from the tech that does the new alignment. (I guess then I'll find out if it's new at all!)
Reply
Old Jul 21, 2002 | 05:17 PM
  #77  
dlq04's Avatar
25 Year Member
 
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 45,798
Likes: 8,299
From: Mish-she-gan
Default

monkeymaker,

Assuming your original settings were to spec, I'm really curious how the UK settings will compare. Please keep up informed and thanks.

dlq04
Reply
Old Jul 29, 2002 | 06:35 PM
  #78  
VTEC Racer's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,186
Likes: 1
From: South Orange County, CA
Default

Can someone please help me out with specs for my car?

I have the HKS lowering springs with the stock springs.
I don't do any track driving. What would you reccomend to be the best setup for street?
Reply
Old Aug 9, 2002 | 02:31 PM
  #79  
Tedster's Avatar
Registered User
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 4,144
Likes: 0
From: Seattle
Default

Well, after 2 years, 30,000 miles, and around 10 track days, I finally had my alignment checked/set. I've resisted doing it until now because my car had a nice steady-state understeer, and it took quite a bit to provoke significant understeer; I didn't want to mess with something that worked. But a recent 'off-track excursion' resulted in my steering wheel being slightly off-center, so I figured it was time to get it looked at.

Here's what they measured:

Front
Camber Left -0.2
Reply
Old Aug 9, 2002 | 03:24 PM
  #80  
RT's Avatar
RT
25 Year Member
Liked
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 14,269
Likes: 42
From: Redmond, WA
Default

Heavier steering wheel feel, just off center, sounds correct since you are now turning both tires in the same absolute direction, as compared to the centerline of the car, as soon as you even breathe on the steering wheel as opposed to the toed-in state where a slight turn might not even get the inside wheel to break the plane (still scrubbing in opposite directions).
Reply



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:54 AM.