Race suspension alignment

[993innc]

Doug, I'm running Yoko slicks on 8" rims all the way around. Everyone I talked to told me to max out negative camber. I have adjustable toe links in the rear, that right rear may be a bit much, we'll see. I can tweak it at the track if it proves ugly. As for caster I was also told these cars really like as much caster as possible, and it was the alignment guys opinion that with more right turns typically than left, this should work just fine.
It's a starting point if nothing else and will hopefully be a lot better than stock suspension and alignment and street tires As long as it feels safe, I'm good. It's just a DE car and I'll be using it as more of a rolling billboard for my beach vacation rentals (getting a wrap) than a full on race car so.....

Does seem weird to me that the right side of the car gets higher values than the left, wonder how that could be?

[Topless]

RR of the car looks bent to me and he wasn't able to get the toe where he wanted it. With that much camber the car should tend to toe out right?

[LAP1DOUG]

Originally Posted by Topless

RR of the car looks bent to me and he wasn't able to get the toe where he wanted it. With that much camber the car should tend to toe out right?

Topless is right for sure: with our suspension geometry, the more rear camber that you dial in, the more toe-out you get. This is due to the fact that the rear LCA is in front of the toe link so the more you move the LCA out, the more the wheel pivots outward toward tow out.

With after market adjustable rear toe links this should not be a problem at all as the adjustment range is huge. I have the Tarett locking plates in place of the eccentric adjusters on mine, with RSS rear toe links, and I can dial in whatever toe I want along with more negative camber than anyone would want.

All the true racing slicks I have ever run had very minimal sidewalls (and leaked air like a sieve), so I am guessing that they would want lots of negative camber, so that makes sense.

Sorry about the blunt part, but I've been called worse...