camber-wheel aligning pg3

[nemesisteg]

just interested to know if anyone is running specific degrees of camber on the track?? im thinking of installing camber kits in the front and rear of the car to add a bit of negative camber to the mix, any thoughts??

[b_series_power]

x2 on that

[Horny_Devil]

i run 1-1.5deg in the rear and 2-2.5 in the front, i used to use my car on the street and on the track though

[DrRubber]

If my car was track only id probably run up to -3 degrees

[b_series_power]

what about for track days and around town etc??

[Horny_Devil]

Originally Posted by b_series_power

what about for track days and around town etc??

what i was running was fine for round town u just need to flip ur tires every 10,000km and make sure theyre wearing correctly

[nemesisteg]

up to -3degrees, front and rear?? or more front less rear??

[Horny_Devil]

more on the front as thats where more of the weight transfer goes on

[nemesisteg]

oh k so max -3degrees front and maybe -2 degrees rear?

[BTLF3D]

at the moment i run -1.5 rear and -2 on the front, it is shit all, i am getting a new alignment with -3 all round. (i get more wear on the outside of my race tyres than the inside...)
I know logan (trackwhore) runs -3 rear and -4 front, seems to work well

[nemesisteg]

something tells me thats not the only thing that makes logan quick, i shall look into it further, whats the blox camber kits like?? seem cheap, is that telling me something??

[tysonzane]

I had planned on running 1.5 front and .5 rear but i'll have to think about it.

Might have to run more and get my tyres flipped every now and then. Dont firestone (bridgestone) offer free flipping/rotating/balancing of tyres for their life if they're purchased through them?

hmmm.....

[BTLF3D]

i run blox rear, just like any other camber kit really apart from the skunk2 pro series that has the better bushes and also the skunk2 pro series front camber kit which has more clearance.

[Built4Speed]

Pyro the tyre, then adjust the camber to get an even temp across the whole tyre.

[Coupe-R]

(i get more wear on the outside of my race tyres than the inside...)

I get this badly in the rear.

running about -2.0-2.2 on all 4. It needs more camber but can't be assed changing it. Reason why it needs more is because the car is rolling out. So stiffen it up some more and that may solve some of the prob. Or just run more camber

for daily run stuff all camber.

[Horny_Devil]

Originally Posted by Built4Speed

Pyro the tyre, then adjust the camber to get an even temp across the whole tyre.

thats the best way to do it but not many people have the time/paitence to do it.

[b_series_power]

i think im goen to go -3 front and -2 rear

[Coupe-R]

hmmm in alot of daily hondas i see on the track they wear the outside rears because of the daily setup they have. Would need decent rear camber to counter this.
My tein flex suspension set on hardest with a ITR 22mm rear sway still wears the outside rears MUCH more than the rest of the tyre.
thats what you get with a 225lb rear spring the flex come with

I'd go for at least -2.5 rear if you have a daily setup that will see the track with semi slicks. You can run mad rear camber and not really wear them at all because they aren't the drive tyres and don't have much load over them.

[b_series_power]

i dont drove mine daily proberlly once every two weeks so im not too worried about tyre wear.. so -2.5 rear and -3 front or maybe -3.5 front?

[DrRubber]

for street use 2 degrees in the front is as high as you would want to go IMO.......rears 1.5-2 is good......

firestone wont flip your tyres free whoever mentioned that !! I think they do free inspections and maybe balance......

[Built4Speed]

Originally Posted by Horny_Devil

thats the best way to do it but not many people have the time/paitence to do it.

Its not hard to do at a track day after each session.

[PizzaBoy]

I need to dig out the alignment sheet from when I had the car cornerweighted and aligned a few months ago. I think it was -2.5f and -2 rear with a bit of toe out here and toe in there, cant remember which end was in and which was out tho

[Coupe-R]

for street use 2 degrees in the front is as high as you would want to go IMO.......rears 1.5-2 is good......

yeh 2 degrees in the front is ok if you have shitty hard road tyres. But any decent softer tyre they will wear.

I have some shit brand 17's (they have a eagle imprinted into the sidewall if that helps)

I run -2.2 in the front and tyre wear isn't that bad at all (super crap tyres thats why, super hard)

Yeh i'd go -3 front -2.5 rear. can you give some info on the car, alignment settings, suspension, sway bars etc, this all makes a difference.

Pay to ask ss2000 people, maybe ask bigal or others who race.

[bmgjet]

-2 front and rear with 1 degree toe out on front.
I found with no toe out the outsides of my front tires wore out when doing alot of take offs.

[Horny_Devil]

toe is measured in mm not deg