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      06-29-2015, 01:33 PM   #1
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Official F8X Track Alignment Specifications

Wanted to start a thread to get everyone's track alignment specs. Here's mine.

Front Camber: -3.0 degrees
Rear Camber: -1.5 degrees
Front Toe: 0 degrees
Rear Toe: 4mm toe in

Corner Weights (w/ 130lb driver):
LF: 991
RF: 991
LR: 903
RR: 903

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Great thread idea!

What do you think about adding the parts used to achieve the alignment as well?
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Great thread idea!

What do you think about adding the parts used to achieve the alignment as well?
Good point, edited.
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Front camber: -1.2
Front toe: 1/16 total toe out
Rear camber: -1.5
Rear toe: 3/8 total toe in (.375)

Suspension: stock

MasterC17: what does 4mm toe in mean? .04? Also, you've motivated me to finally start a road course laptime thread. Would you post up your WGI time once I have it up.
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Front camber: -1.2
Front toe: 1/16 total toe out
Rear camber: -1.5
Rear toe: 3/8 total toe in (.375)

Suspension: stock

MasterC17: what does 4mm toe in mean? .04? Also, you've motivated me to finally start a road course laptime thread. Would you post up your WGI time once I have it up.
All done, excellent thread idea! With regards to 4mm, it's equivalent to .157 of an inch, so about 1/7th of a inch.
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here is my specs after pss10 install. I played around with the eccentrics a bit and I couldn't get any more rear camber and still get toe to come in. if you want more then 2* camber, you'll need toe arms.

edit: pics didn't upload. I'm trying from my phone, I guess that feature doesn't work?
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front. my camber is off not due to the camber plates, but something else in the suspension. when it was brand new, it was off also.
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Yes, very odd it came with that much negative camber front and rear from factory. Caster was fine? It usually runs about +7 or so. I suppose it's a "good" problem to have, although I'd add a little more rear toe in.
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No, it does have camber plates, but even before they were installed, the camber was off side to side in the front. It's only slightly, but not being perfect kind of bugs me. Oh well. Converting minutes to degrees, its 2.9* and 3.0*. The minutes measurement makes it look worse. I could try more rear toe but I don't think I'll see track time again with the car before I sell it.
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No, it does have camber plates, but even before they were installed, the camber was off side to side in the front. It's only slightly, but not being perfect kind of bugs me. Oh well. Converting minutes to degrees, its 2.9* and 3.0*. The minutes measurement makes it look worse. I could try more rear toe but I don't think I'll see track time again with the car before I sell it.
Weird, mine is basically dead even side to side with camber plates.
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realigned car yesterday to change toe, and tires. Will report back after tracking with this setup. Previous setup from the factory was close to 0 rear toe and I didn't prefer that, since I felt the car would oversteer on throttle too easily.

Front Camber: -1.2 degrees
Rear Camber: -1.2 degrees
Front Toe: 0 degrees
Rear Toe: 0 degrees 20 minutes total toe in (appx 4mm)

stock passive suspension, 265/40/18 and 275/40/18 RE-11 tires
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Wanted to start a thread to get everyone's track alignment specs. Here's mine.

Front Camber: -3.0 degrees
Rear Camber: -1.5 degrees
Front Toe: 0 degrees
Rear Toe: 4mm toe in

Corner Weights (w/ 130lb driver):
LF: 991
RF: 991
LR: 903
RR: 903

50.00% Cross Weight

3788 lbs total

Suspension:
KW HAS on EDC
TCKline Camber Plates
20mm/10mm spacers
275/295 Yoko Neova AD08R
You were able to get an exact side-to-side match of your front camber with the TCK plates?

We're you just lucky, or there is some sort of additional adjustment?
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Would anyone be able to give ballpark specs(range to be in) for proper alignment during aggressive canyon road driving?
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Would anyone be able to give ballpark specs(range to be in) for proper alignment during aggressive canyon road driving?
For a stock car, I think what I posted above would be ok for that. It is all within the OEM recommended range, except for the rear toe (I have put more rear toe in)

Might be worth it to get more negative camber in the rear, maybe -1.5 to -1.8 range, but I didn't want to change too many things at once so I kept my current -1.2 setting
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You were able to get an exact side-to-side match of your front camber with the TCK plates?

We're you just lucky, or there is some sort of additional adjustment?
Guess I was just lucky, no additional adjustments made.
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Bringing up this old thread... Any newer additions?
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Front Camber: -3.2 degrees
Rear Camber: -2.0 degrees
Front Toe: 0 degrees
Rear Toe: 5mm toe in

Corner Weights (w/ 83kg driver):
LF: 457kg
RF: 444kg
LR: 423kg
RR: 411kg

49.97% Cross Weight

1735 kg total

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Did this last week prior to a weekend HPDE at Buttonwillow:

Front Camber: -2.5 degrees
Rear Camber: -1.5 degrees
Front Toe: 0 degrees
Rear Toe: 4mm toe in

Corner Weights w/185 lb. driver):
LF: 1018
RF: 996
LR: 904
RR: 882

Total Weight: 3800 lbs.

Cross Weight: 1900 lbs. 50%

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Front: -2.9 degrees camber
Rear: -2.3 degrees camber

Front has 0 toe but I forgot what the amount of toe in is for rear.

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Dinan Tension Arm Bearings
Ground Control Camber Plates on EDC
RE71-R
Just had the work done by the dealer
On the street, the car drifts slightly right (4 seconds to leave the lane)
and seems a little darty at highway cruising speeds.
Going to take it back and see what is up. I don't know if it is because of so much camber or because of so little toe?
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Dinan Tension Arm Bearings
Ground Control Camber Plates on EDC
RE71-R
Just had the work done by the dealer
On the street, the car drifts slightly right (4 seconds to leave the lane)
and seems a little darty at highway cruising speeds.
Going to take it back and see what is up. I don't know if it is because of so much camber or because of so little toe?
If your tires are wider than stock you could be experiencing tram lining which would explain the dartiness
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