Street wheel alignment?

[haydenz]

Going in to get new tyres/alignment tomorrow......any suggestions.

Its going to be used for street and twistes every now and then.

Running

Coilovers
xt130 LCA's
Ps Arms
Lockspacer

Any help would be appreciated.

I've had a look at the grip alignments....it seems like everyone is running neg 2 and greater.....I want my fronts to last a little bit.

Thanks

[hachi_dk]

toe is the main contributor to tyre wear, not just camber itself.
get 0 toe, -2 camber and 4ish pos caster thats what im running with a similar setup to yours and the car is very responsive.

[ke70dave]

yer avoid toe in.

id even say -1.5deg camber

im going for a wheel alignment today and im just gonna say 0 tie, -1.5deg camber.

and i set the castor my self untill it felt good, so am just gonna tell them to make them the same. ill be interested to see what value it is, i think its a fair bit though.

[DOG the rolla hunter]

a bit of toe in is fine not more than 3 deg though.front wheel drive youd set to 0 rwd a bit of toe in.

[hachi_dk]

^ toe is measured in mm, dono about running toe in though, never tried it.
i have tried toe out and the response is sick but at the cost of tyre wear. im sticking to 0 total toe

[haydenz]

yea just went
-2.25 camber
+4 castor
+-0 toe

seems good, just have to mount the bumper a tad forward

[ae86]

max castor arms out -2.5 camber and toe.. really up to your profession

[R&D Mechanical]

yer avoid toe in.

id even say -1.5deg camber

im going for a wheel alignment today and im just gonna say 0 tie, -1.5deg camber.

and i set the castor my self untill it felt good, so am just gonna tell them to make them the same. ill be interested to see what value it is, i think its a fair bit though.

When you change caster it will put your toe out (in) so get the caster right first then get a wheel alignment or your wasting moneys :(

[DOG the rolla hunter]

sorry yeah mm,and he is right about the castor,especially if you are gunna max it out,

[.ady]

might need to hack your front bar or add spacers if your going to max out your castor.

-2 to -3 is good and 0 toe is boss.

[Sam-Q]

hey heres a question for you guys, if i take my wheels off and put bricks under my struts and I find out what castor I have now by just putting an electronic angle gauge on the strut tube?

[Dylan]

Sam, you need one of these http://www.longacreracing.com/images/products/setup/78260.jpg

Great if you like tinkering and doing your own wheel alignments.

Easy to use just turn wheel 15 deg, set to zero, then turn back 30 deg, and you'll know your castor

BTW my settings are -1.5 camber, 4.3 castor (max on standard arms), and 0 toe

[Sam-Q]

who sells them? ebay job?

[assassin10000]

I check my castor with a digital angle gauge with the bumper off (aftermarket). As I can reach from the front easily... Removing the wheels with the control arms at ride height works too.

I've run anywhere from 0 to 5/16 toe out. Currently 0 toe, 3.2 caster and 3.5 camber IIRC. Probably going to go back to 2.5-2.7 caster and see if I like it better.

Andrew

[Dylan]

who sells them? ebay job?

Yeah ebay US, they are a fortune over here.
This ones got an adaptor to sit aganst the wheel nicely

http://www.longacreracing.com/images/products/setup/78295.jpg

[Konakid]

Apparently running zero toe is not good.

Best to either run 1mm in or 1mm out depending on your preference.

for daily id go 1mm toe in, -2 camber and +4 castor, tyres wont really get camber wear.

[Dylan]

True, on a RWD car the wheels will try to toe out as you drive. So thats why most run a couple mm toe in