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adey · 01-22-2003, 07:08 PM

If you have coilovers or pillowball mounts (which, just by reading the above posts, I doubt) or any other way to adjust your front camber, you may also want to dial in a degree or two of negative camber for increased traction while taking the turns.

Both Toe out and negative camber (as opposed to toe-in/0-toe and positive camber/0-camber) will cause increased wear on the inside of your tires, toe having the greater effect of the two. As alignments can be pricey (I pay ~$40 for a 4-wheel alignment to my specs), you may consider getting it aligned once and not worrying about (too much) it thereafter. For a good combination of street/Autox, maybe 0 toe (doable) and a slight amount of negative camber (which, incidentally, is not adjustable up front unless you have aftermarket pieces) in the front and 0 toe and +/- 0 degrees of camber in the rear.

Those are just some numbers you might consider using for reference... FWIW I run about -2.5 degrees of camber up front and about 20-30 minutes of toe out up front (0 camber and 0 toe rear-- because the guys who did my alignmnet didn't realize I have slightly adjustable rear camber) on my 240, which I take road racing for a few hot laps every month or two.

01-22-2003, 07:08 PM	#5
adey Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,061 Trader Rating: (0)	If you have coilovers or pillowball mounts (which, just by reading the above posts, I doubt) or any other way to adjust your front camber, you may also want to dial in a degree or two of negative camber for increased traction while taking the turns. Both Toe out and negative camber (as opposed to toe-in/0-toe and positive camber/0-camber) will cause increased wear on the inside of your tires, toe having the greater effect of the two. As alignments can be pricey (I pay ~$40 for a 4-wheel alignment to my specs), you may consider getting it aligned once and not worrying about (too much) it thereafter. For a good combination of street/Autox, maybe 0 toe (doable) and a slight amount of negative camber (which, incidentally, is not adjustable up front unless you have aftermarket pieces) in the front and 0 toe and +/- 0 degrees of camber in the rear. Those are just some numbers you might consider using for reference... FWIW I run about -2.5 degrees of camber up front and about 20-30 minutes of toe out up front (0 camber and 0 toe rear-- because the guys who did my alignmnet didn't realize I have slightly adjustable rear camber) on my 240, which I take road racing for a few hot laps every month or two.