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#271682 06/29/02 02:15 AM
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I'm looking for some great alignment settings
for autocross.. I'm heading out to Peru Next week, and want to have a good setup as alignment isn't something I've played a whole lot with just yet.
If anyone has some numbers they'd like to share, let me know
Thanks
eric


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#271683 06/29/02 04:02 AM
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Eric,

From reading your post on the Koni's earlier today, I get the impression that our cars are a bit different in the way they handle. My strut settings are almost completely opposite yours. I run full firm in the front, and almost full soft in the back, and use tire pressures to modulate car rotation from there based on surface grip, heat, etc. However, I will give you the current alignment I am using at the moment.

It cost me a case of beer, but I talked my alignment guys into giving me a shade of toe-out in the front, and a shade of toe-in in the rear. I also am running one degree of negative camber in the front. Admittedly, this makes the car a bit squirrelly on the street, but the improvements in transitions and turn-in on the autocross course are a vast improvment, so I deal with the funky streetability.

I will be at the Test & Tune on the 4th, and you are welcome to take my car through the cones if you'd like. I will say that I still consider myself a novice at this, so any and all input is welcome. This setup does seem to work well for me and my herky-jerky driving style wink

For what it is worth, I feel that the biggest improvment was as the result of the negative camber. The car seems more planted in the steady-state turns than it did previously. From talking with the Neon ACR guys, the sweet spot seems to be about two and a half degrees, but I was only able to bribe one degree out of my guys. smile

See ya in Peru.


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#271684 06/29/02 04:36 AM
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Mark, Yeah I think the Contours are a little heavier in the rear, although I could be wrong, 2 more doors and such. I only have 4 events or so on the koni's but I took from information gathered on the web regarding spring rates oversteer/understeer. In the most general way says if you stiffen it up front will encourage understeer, and if you stiffen the rear will encourage oversteer.. Of course I run about 38lbs in the rear and about 40 even up front, on my victoracers.. Perhaps I'm just screwed up.. I'm comfortable now.. and thats what matters, but what I was hoping to gain was a little bit more.. more what.. who knows... I had an alignment last year and I felt that it was to my disadvantage.. perhaps no alignment is necessary..now I'm second guessing myself... hehe.. oh well...wow what a convoluted post...

BTW I'm not going to be there Thursday morning, I'll be rolling in around 2-3pm on the 4th, and running on fridays test n tune...unless thats the one you are referring to.

Eric

(note to self, keep inner dialog to a minimum)


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Eric,

The information I have is that the Test & Tune is on Thursday the 4th... I can forward you the emails from Roger Johnson if you like. I don't know if anything is being held on Friday the 5th... Though I will be there, as I don't particularly feel like driving back to GR on Thurday night.

And yeah, that was a convoluted post :p
(But I know what you mean) smile


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#271686 06/29/02 05:24 AM
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Mark here is the Link from the national page.

http://www.scca.org/amateur/solo2/nat_tour/2002/peru/index.html

There might be an additional TnT on thursday
but not one I'll be able to attend.

So far the weather looks good smile
Bring your suntan lotion.


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