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Old 04-11-2012, 08:46 AM   #1
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Bit of a nightmare.

On my old BMW E36 track slag, I just bought some used M3 Evo top mounts for £40 the pair. Fitted them reversed and that bought me -2.5 camber and some extra caster. Job done. Takes all of about an hour to fit them both, too.

I guess I might just have to keep a look out for some used camber plates. Problem with the GT3 arms is that I probably need new arms anyway and buying GT3 arms right now is going to blow the budget. And I'm pretty reluctant to buy new arms now and them replace them fairly soon with GT3 arms.

I may just have to see what can be achieved once it's lowered. Shame as I now already that I'll want to max out the front camber.

I'd read a few references to twist the strut and also something to do with widening the mount holes to increase camber...does this ring any bells?
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:35 PM   #2
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...track slag...
Sorry in advance for my less that contributing post, but I just get a kick out of some the slang that exists in the UK...as I'm sure you do with some of the slang here. If I didn't know what that meant already I'd be

I don't know much right now about suspension setups for the car, I'm still learning things every day with this car. I believe my ideal/minimum setup would be sticking with stock wheels, good and grippy summer tires or the best A/S tires I can find, and the ROW M030. I guess when it comes to tracking the car I want to leave it as it's supposed to be set for the street from the factory and get good at driving it fast in that way rather than setting it up differently...but that's just me.
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Old 04-13-2012, 02:04 PM   #3
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Heh - what would be the equivalent of track slag in the US?

I wouldn't claim to be Fangio reborn. But I've done enough track days to know that I'd get frustrated very quickly if I was fighting the set up too much. It doesn't need to be an out and out track set up. But if we're talking, say, less than one degree neg camber on the front, I'm pretty sure that's not going to cut it.

I ran -2.5 on the BMW and that was absolutely fine for road driving - more importantly, it was great on track, pretty my zero understeer - neutral to oversteer everywhere, which is what I prefer.

I'm leaning more towards the aggressive coilover setup if the deal I had arranged at the end of the last year still holds. I think it comes with camber plates so I would hope to be able to achieve at least -2, which should be just about OK.
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