le cow

I'm having my coilovers installed & getting corner-weighted this weekend. A friend who has an Evo X he races (same AST 5100 coilovers with Vorshlag camber/ caster plates) uses/ recommended the following alignment settings:

front:
camber -3.0
toe out 1/8 degree

rear:
camber -1.0
toe 0


The aforementioned friend, prior to getting his Evo, raced Corvettes & the like & as such prefers a more rear-biased setup (ex: he likes his rear tire pressure near 50psi hot to induce more slide whereas I prefer around 38-40psi for more neutral).

Basically, STU guys, what are you running for your alignment settings? I want to have a slightly more neutral setup than my friend, so should I just dial back the settings some (& if yes, how much)?



:::edit:::

The car is not a daily driver, so I'm not too worried about tire life.

le cow

PS: I posted the thread in this section as opposed to the suspension forums as I wanted the opinions of the people who primarily race their Evos, versus the hard parkers/ daily drivers.

le cow

installation/ alignment has been moved from Saturday to Thursday (tomorrow).

input appreciated

vortico

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Not sure on the X, but I run a similar alignment but -1.5 camber in the rear if memory serves.

vortico

iTrader: (38)

Oh, and you'd get more response in the Motorsports forum, or in the 2012 STU Discussion even.

le cow

Noted. Silly me. Thanks for the input, though. I'll see about getting it moved.

Thanks.

le cow

Forgot to add:

The install/ alignment appointment has been pushed back to Saturday again (the shop doing the work is having the concrete in front their alignment bay re-poured & wasn't due to start till tomorrow night but started today).

Another question-- since I'm having the car corner balanced, Im taking fuel into account. What's the lowest fuel I can comfortably run without experiencing starvation & hopefully without tank slapping? My local region usually averages six one minute runs per raceday.

Construct

iTrader: (4)

(Disclaimer: I don't own an X)

If you want a more neutral setup, I would go -1.5 camber in the rear to balance everything out.

Note that 1/8 toe out will cause faster tire wear. If you're also going to DD this setup, I would recommend 0 toe.

le cow

Forgot to add that in the first post-- I'm driving to NC next week for a get together, but otherwise the car stays in the garage 99% of the time. Tire wear isn't too big an issue.

I'll dial in the extra camber in the rear.