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Old Nov 20, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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hi guys
last week i stalled my new spoon coil over suspension the current model from spoon.
AND my mech took my car to the wheel alignment and came back with a set up of front -3 and rear -2 and my question is many ppl ask me to re-do my alignment and set it up with
front -2 and rear -3 for better handling around corners ..do u guys think this will do any good if i always do track days or better stay with setting now i have which is -3 front and -2 rear?
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 04:08 AM
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I would wait and see how it handles before making changes.
It's normal for most ~50F/50R rwd track cars to run more front camber than rear. For production street cars, more front camber is the norm for less oversteer.

What's your toe?
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 04:49 AM
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i think my front have no toe and rear i think it was 1.9-2.0 toe in..
well cos i only bring the car to track use so not sure if front camber should be more than rear...
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 05:12 AM
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Toe looks reasonable, at the low end of spec. I'm a fan of minimal rear toe, I run ~0.1* per side/0.2* total, ~1mm per side.
Again, it is normal for a 50/50 rwd track car with semi-decent power/weight to have more front camber than rear. -3F/-2R shouldn't be a problem. I would sooner go to -3/-3 for a track setup than -2/-3, if I were to change it at all.
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 06:21 AM
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okok thank for the advise ...
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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I agree with ZDan but you may want to go a bit easier on the camber. Say 1.5f and 2.5r. I'm also liking the 0.1+0.1 rear toe.
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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may i ask whts the feel different with 1.5 f and 2.5 r compare to 2.5f and 3.0r....yeah toe i think i will try to go for wht u guys said like 0.1 each side...
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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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For the track, 1.5* front camber is abysmally low.

For the track, I think you are *fine* up front, if anything you might add rear camber.
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Old Nov 24, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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Not to threadjack exactly, but similar question:

What about street driving purely? I know 0 toe up front and maybe -1/4" total toe in the rear or so, but what about camber settings, -2F and -3R? Whichever setting that minimizes oversteer for safety would be great.
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Old Nov 25, 2010 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by darksparkz,Nov 24 2010, 06:18 PM
Not to threadjack exactly, but similar question:

What about street driving purely? I know 0 toe up front and maybe -1/4" total toe in the rear or so, but what about camber settings, -2F and -3R? Whichever setting that minimizes oversteer for safety would be great.
For pure street driving, maybe ~1* front/2* rear.

1/4" rear toe is too much IMO, I'd go more like 1/8" - 3/16" max.

I run a little less than that, 0.1* per side (~3/32" total in inch fractional total units...).

In my experience, too much rear toe feels more twitchy and unstable than minimal rear toe.
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