pete you can borrow my wife's corrolla wheels and tires. they don't vibrate.

 

I got Borg Warner S256, HKS 272's, 880 Injectors, Intake, Exhaust, 65mm Throttle Body, Ported intake and Exhaust manifolds and some other stuff that I don't remember

 

I think 1 degree of negative camber in rear with a slight amount of (toe in) in the rear would be right, then for front as much neg camber as you can get. I forget what my front (toe out) is, I have to check. Not sure if you had Steve at Bimmerworks flip the adjustment bolts on the strut, that steals a little more neg. camber. I had a similar problem with getting the right amount of camber in the front when he adjusted. I think he knows the Bimmers inside and out, but Evo's are not his specialty. He will do whatever you want, but you have to tell him how you want the car and how to do it. Steve is a good guy to deal with in my experience, so take it back if you are not happy.

The shimmy could be an out of balance wheel, try moving the wheels around and see if its goes away.

I was thinking about your front end noise, I have a similar thing going on with my truck. If you have polyurethane bushings you may want to re-grease them, could be source of noise.

 

Thanks kittens. I have a good set at the house, just need to out them on.

I can't run 19 x 10.5's on my car, they rub. Thanks though.

 

Ok, fair enough. I don't even know where to start with the shaking. Are the wheels out of balance at all? Uneven wear maybe? Could be a bunch of things. BW didn't see anything when they had the car up?

Or he can try on his own, new set of wheels

 

Alex, how does the Borg Warner feel?

 

Thanks Mike. They set my car up with -1.3 front and -1.6 (I think) in the rear. it wasn't Steve who did it, it was one of the guys. Couldn't get both my fronts to the same (one went to -1.8, the other only -1.3 for whatever reason) so they evened them out at -1.3. I see how it feels on Sunday, its its no good I'll have to go back.

My suspension is all stock MR, no poly at all.

 

Like I said it always had some shake, usually just a firm grip on the wheel would make it go away, but it def seems worse with the alignment. Everything is tight underneath. IDK...

I think I'll swap over my wheels tonight, I need to get a few miles on them before Sunday anyway. Hopefully it will be better straight away.

 

Well, I do not like your settings (no offense). If it were me, prior to this weekends event I would get the front as close to 1.8 as possible in front and do the rear at neg. 1 with a smidge of tow out. Your car is going to act strange at the limit while Autox. If they got the one side to 1.8 than the other side should be able to get close.

Go see Pat at Just Tires off of Swede Rd (202) by me, he has done my car many many times or just take it back to Steve and have him correct it.

If you are on R compounds the more neg camber in the front the better, if just running street tires not as important. If your car is a daily driver, you do not have to go totally crazy with alignment, but setting the car up right with Autox is a big deal.

 

Pete, I just realized you had that much camber in the back. I wasn't able to get that much on my first alignmnet, and Pat ended evening both sides at like -1.2 or something i nthe rear. I agree wtih Mike on the camber for the front, but was also told that anything more than -3 degrees is useless for street tires, and running into a race compund territory. In any case, I think the fronts could use alittle more, so get that damn bolt moving! I'm excited to test out the coilovers and alignment settings myself!

 

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Asians are scary

 

wait, pete what suspension do you have?

 

I was skeptical of the setting when he told me where they were. I guess I should call him....

I know, they got more in the rear than I've ever heard of anyone being able to do on the stock stuff, kind of crazy... As far as the fronts, the one side just will not cooperate, it won't go past -1.3 I was told.

OE MR.

 

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