Front camber
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Driftybolox
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Does your car look a bit like this then?
All this, I would reccomend -2, -3, -5 etc. isn't really worthwhile in my opinion. If you're a regular trackday user I would reccomend clubbing in with your mates and buying a temp gun, shooting it at the tyre after a few laps and make adjustments according to that and your own feelings.
As for toe, keep it neutral until you feel you need to adjust it. This is also easy to do at the track with just a tape measure and the tools. Make a mark on the tyre, measure the front, roll car to mark is now on the back, measure again and work out the difference.
Adjust all settings according to you, not general consensus.
I'm probably going to go for these camber plates for my E30. Just got to find a decent shock. Not looked under mine yet (only got it tonight) but think it has Spax or something on it. Bone shaking whatever it is!
http://www.bimmerworld.com/html/adjusta ... --1992.htm
Cheers
James
All this, I would reccomend -2, -3, -5 etc. isn't really worthwhile in my opinion. If you're a regular trackday user I would reccomend clubbing in with your mates and buying a temp gun, shooting it at the tyre after a few laps and make adjustments according to that and your own feelings.
As for toe, keep it neutral until you feel you need to adjust it. This is also easy to do at the track with just a tape measure and the tools. Make a mark on the tyre, measure the front, roll car to mark is now on the back, measure again and work out the difference.
Adjust all settings according to you, not general consensus.
I'm probably going to go for these camber plates for my E30. Just got to find a decent shock. Not looked under mine yet (only got it tonight) but think it has Spax or something on it. Bone shaking whatever it is!
http://www.bimmerworld.com/html/adjusta ... --1992.htm
Cheers
James
That's good advice, there is a lot more to setting up cars than just copying someone else's set up. They may be good starting points but you need to apply a bit of science to the process to get things to work really well.
If you don't want to go to the expense of a tyre pyrometer, then getting a mate to take some good photos of your car on track can reveal a lot. For instance, the purpose of adding camber is to ensure that the tyre is perpendicular to the road through the corner, couple of decent photos can determine whether this is the case. Photos of the back of the car in the corner can equally show plenty of areas to work on.
If you don't want to go to the expense of a tyre pyrometer, then getting a mate to take some good photos of your car on track can reveal a lot. For instance, the purpose of adding camber is to ensure that the tyre is perpendicular to the road through the corner, couple of decent photos can determine whether this is the case. Photos of the back of the car in the corner can equally show plenty of areas to work on.