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2MCHPWR 07-18-2005 07:04 AM

on my FD, we were able to get -2 camber but not the 6 caster that is recommended.

how will this affect open track handling? real road handling?

we put 1.3 neg camber in the rear. think thats enough?

i want car set up for road course events as primary function (lime rock and pocono courses are my local tracks).



front sway bar wasn't in at the time, but i don't think that effects alignment.

Cheers! 07-18-2005 07:54 AM

Caster angle is important to generate the restoring force to recentre teh wheel. It also improves camber gain as the the wheel is turned. Too much isn't always a good thing. Same with too little.



I think ground control still has a good article on their website. Anyhoot without going into the acutal phsyics and get you confused try finding that article.

inanimate_object 07-18-2005 09:01 AM

Yeah, like cheers says - if you're happy with the amount of force there is pulling the wheel back to straight, then there are no other detrimental aspects.



Mark

kahren 07-19-2005 12:18 AM

-2 in front might be annoiying to drive around on the street. camber settigs front to rear shouldnt be so diffrent unless u are tryign to get the car to oversteer more but then in that case you should be lookign at diffrent spring rates or sway bars.

2MCHPWR 07-19-2005 06:57 AM

thanks kahren, car won't be driven on street too often, so no worries there. mostly road courses and AX. already got bigger front sway bar. springs & shox over the winter are planned https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



drove car last night for first time with new tires (yok AO32R - R compound) and new alignment and it was darty on the roads that were pretty bad, but fine on the smooth roads. i can definately live with it. the turn-in was awesome.


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