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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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I'm getting an alignment tomorrow morning and I'm wondering what specs some of you guys ar rollin? I need a good setting for moderate autox/road race that wont kill my tires too quickly on the street.

I'm at about a 1.5 finger gap or less all around on Tein SSPs.

I'm already thinkin -0.5 f / -1.0 r ...but I want some more opinions.

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Old Jul 10, 2007 | 03:11 AM
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-1.0 front
-1.5 rear

Camber does not kill your tires much. It's toe.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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I went with -0.5 f / -1.0 r ... -1 and -1.5 was too aggressive for a daily driver.
Old Jul 12, 2007 | 06:16 AM
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For road course duty, you need more camber in front than the back on this car. If you guys are curious we're currently at -4 front/-2.5 rear on the racecar.

1 degree of camber is NOT too aggressive for a daily driver that sees some AutoX duty. Not at all.
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Originally Posted by adg016
we're currently at -4 front/-2.5 rear
Damn!
Old Jul 12, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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what is our stock camber by the way? 0 rear and front?
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