camber toe ect set up

Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:41 pm

hi im looking to get my car set up soon for a track day I got coming up

I have got gaz gold coilovers front and rear, adjustable top mounts and eccentric bushes on the arms.

wear should I start with geometry camber toe in/out ect

any help would greatly be appreciated......

thanks....

Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:51 am

Hi, I started out with 0 toe and as much camber is the plates could give me - the seasoned guys will hopefully tell you that's not the way to go but it is a start. The thread about front end grip has some values but for me your main priority is choose some safe settings - as long as you're not wearing your tyres badly.

For the Gaz I went for the dampers from 75% stiffness so however many clicks you have (mine have different numbers both sides for some reason

) go about 25% of the way to soft. Height wise I went 26 cm from the collar to the start of where the hub carrier is welded on - not very scientific sorry! If you do that you need spacers otherwise standard basket weave wheels will rub the tyres on the coilover collars, so I had to go to 29cm. Rears I went 10.5 from the collar to the top of the dial.

Can't promise the above is optimal in fact I know it won't be, but it is driveable the biggest gains will be seat time getting used to the car. If you're newish to this I'd recommend a notebook, note changes and feedback, don't change too often and the biggest thing that helps is seat time.

Where are you going?

Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:56 pm

just lyddon for bhp but will be doing brands after that......

Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:25 pm

If you drive this slow at Brands you'll be fine

I did get faster with confidence but honestly seat time is one of the biggest helps.

Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:54 pm

just start from 2:45lol i was waiting for the silver e46 to pass then i wanted to catch it and pass but slipped abit haha

Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:29 pm

For toe something like 1mm out on the front, keeps the nose responsive on turn in. With regards camber, you need to have the car on a proper flat patch and have the ride heights set first. As a rough guide you can set the camber based on your tyre wear. That's how I have done mine for the time being and I am getting really good even tyre wear.