Get Your Evo Aligned!
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Re: Re: Re: Get Your Evo Aligned!
Originally posted by Claudius
You'd need to toe the rear OUT to get less understeer!
You'd need to toe the rear OUT to get less understeer!
What's the recommendation for caster/camber in race, autocross setup, etc???
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Originally posted by evoloverebdb
where can I get factory alignment specs?
where can I get factory alignment specs?
Originally posted by evoloverebdb
other than here, where can i get aftermarket specs when a car has been lowered?
other than here, where can i get aftermarket specs when a car has been lowered?
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Get Your Evo Aligned!
Originally posted by Evo2003.5
What's the recommendation for caster/camber in race, autocross setup, etc???
What's the recommendation for caster/camber in race, autocross setup, etc???
- max camber in the front (about 1.7 - 2 degrees)
- 0.5 camber rear
- toe zero in the front
- toe zero rear
If that still understeers, put 1 degree toe out rear (or 2 degrees if you're nuts
)If you add camber, you will get an even better steering response. There are adjustabe top mounts for that.
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Hey Cludius,
Just this moment got back from the track. Fastest lap I have run there in the T2 prepped Boxster S was 1:02.55. Ran a fastest lap in the Evo today of 1:03.51. All I did to the car was put on a good alignment, race tires, good pads, lines and brake fluid, and an autocross harness. Full report tomorrow when I get this stupid grin off my face.
Cheers,
Just this moment got back from the track. Fastest lap I have run there in the T2 prepped Boxster S was 1:02.55. Ran a fastest lap in the Evo today of 1:03.51. All I did to the car was put on a good alignment, race tires, good pads, lines and brake fluid, and an autocross harness. Full report tomorrow when I get this stupid grin off my face.
Cheers,
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Hi Claudius,
Full Cage, Double-adjustable shocks. balanced and blueprinted motor. better intake, cat-back, ECU rework, race gas, etc. Hell, I'm still trying to figure out what gear to be in and when in the Evo! My point is that this was my first track day in the car with a rock-stock motor and I'm less than one second off the fastest time I have ever run at Lime Rock in my racecar. Track conditions were not ideal, it's a new car for me, and I have'nt logged a track mile since September. The car will beat my racecar in short order, and that is saying a lot. God, does it need a front diff!
Cheers,
Full Cage, Double-adjustable shocks. balanced and blueprinted motor. better intake, cat-back, ECU rework, race gas, etc. Hell, I'm still trying to figure out what gear to be in and when in the Evo! My point is that this was my first track day in the car with a rock-stock motor and I'm less than one second off the fastest time I have ever run at Lime Rock in my racecar. Track conditions were not ideal, it's a new car for me, and I have'nt logged a track mile since September. The car will beat my racecar in short order, and that is saying a lot. God, does it need a front diff!
Cheers,
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Claudius,
Did not take tire temps in the rear, but the wear looked pretty even. I think more negative camber up front and particularly a front LSD would really help. Ugh, and Claude, thats a Boxster S and last time I checked you car is not exactly stock.
Cheers,
Did not take tire temps in the rear, but the wear looked pretty even. I think more negative camber up front and particularly a front LSD would really help. Ugh, and Claude, thats a Boxster S and last time I checked you car is not exactly stock.
Cheers,
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Has anyone tracked down the "factory" alignment specs?
I'm reading that both front and rear camber are adjustable- correct?
I'm also reading about -1.6ish max neg camber front w/ the oe eccentric bolts?
Does anybody know what kind of caster the 8 comes w/?
FWIW there is an outfit in AU that manufactures caster/camber plates for a wide variety of vehicles (not sure on the EVO), on the WRX it adds ~ 1.5 degrees positive caster and a little over one degree of camber (above what can be achieved w/ the oe eccentric bolts).
Thanks.
Big Sky
I'm reading that both front and rear camber are adjustable- correct?
I'm also reading about -1.6ish max neg camber front w/ the oe eccentric bolts?
Does anybody know what kind of caster the 8 comes w/?
FWIW there is an outfit in AU that manufactures caster/camber plates for a wide variety of vehicles (not sure on the EVO), on the WRX it adds ~ 1.5 degrees positive caster and a little over one degree of camber (above what can be achieved w/ the oe eccentric bolts).
Thanks.
Big Sky
I had me dealership shop foreman fax me the specs a while back. I posted them here:
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...threadid=18433
I flipped my eccentric bolt around while I had the tires off the car today when I was doing a rotation. I also was snooping around the rear setup, but I couldn't figure out how to do camber adjustment back there. I could see the toe adjustment clearly on the bolt for one of the links, but I couldn't really figure out how to do camber in the rear. From what I've read on here it seems it can be done, though.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...threadid=18433
I flipped my eccentric bolt around while I had the tires off the car today when I was doing a rotation. I also was snooping around the rear setup, but I couldn't figure out how to do camber adjustment back there. I could see the toe adjustment clearly on the bolt for one of the links, but I couldn't really figure out how to do camber in the rear. From what I've read on here it seems it can be done, though.
Originally posted by Big Sky
Has anyone tracked down the "factory" alignment specs?
I'm reading that both front and rear camber are adjustable- correct?
I'm also reading about -1.6ish max neg camber front w/ the oe eccentric bolts?
Does anybody know what kind of caster the 8 comes w/?
FWIW there is an outfit in AU that manufactures caster/camber plates for a wide variety of vehicles (not sure on the EVO), on the WRX it adds ~ 1.5 degrees positive caster and a little over one degree of camber (above what can be achieved w/ the oe eccentric bolts).
Thanks.
Big Sky
Has anyone tracked down the "factory" alignment specs?
I'm reading that both front and rear camber are adjustable- correct?
I'm also reading about -1.6ish max neg camber front w/ the oe eccentric bolts?
Does anybody know what kind of caster the 8 comes w/?
FWIW there is an outfit in AU that manufactures caster/camber plates for a wide variety of vehicles (not sure on the EVO), on the WRX it adds ~ 1.5 degrees positive caster and a little over one degree of camber (above what can be achieved w/ the oe eccentric bolts).
Thanks.
Big Sky
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Thanks- that was the info I was looking for. Looks like caster is about what we get (WRX) ~ 3.5 degrees. Very nice that you guys get to adjust camber in the rear as ours are non-adjustable (rear) w/o plates/bolts. We get a little less adjustment in the front ~ -1.4 is what ours max out (oe bolt).
Big Sky
Big Sky