toe for drifting

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guys whats ur toe alignments when ur on a track

regular?
banked?

toe in or out

[Flybert]

It's all preference. Start with 0 and go from there.

REAR
A little toe in gives you more control at the limit.
A little toe out gives you snappy initiations and transistions but is harder to control at the limit.

[johngriff]

I liked +1.7toe, -1.0 camber with a 235/45/16, but I like to snap alot. Makes the car kind of a bear on the street.

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im talking bout the front sorry guys

[johngriff]

IMHO front should be zeroed out like a normal car, and you should spend more time with the caster/camber in the front than anything else.

The rear is where you need to focus anyways.

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ok heres the situation...my back in is complete
i got like 2 deg camber....and like 1/4 inch toe out

the fornt i have 4.5 deg camber
8 deg caster
and i want to know what toe will give me the most angle
im thinkin toe in but some ppl here oppose me with toe out....so i wanna know from ppl who already drift for a while and have tried diffrent setups.

[Flybert]

ok heres the situation...my back in is complete
i got like 2 deg camber....and like 1/4 inch toe out

the fornt i have 4.5 deg camber
8 deg caster
and i want to know what toe will give me the most angle
im thinkin toe in but some ppl here oppose me with toe out....so i wanna know from ppl who already drift for a while and have tried diffrent setups.

First off, your camber setting for the front is retarded. Bring it back down to -3ish

If you want angle, you add tie rod spacers.

0 your toe out up front or add smidge of toe out for good turn in response.

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dude im running 18*9 ....camber is fine

[johngriff]

SO! That is too much camber, yeah cool show camber awesome, but that much and you will just be running grooves into the front. Your caster effects your camber when turned so focus on that more. Like 2.5 is enough!

[Silverbullet]

Really, doing all these specific alignments wont make you any of a better drifter. Go out and slide with OEM spec. When you get used to your car, you will know what you want. These specs everyone is giving you are pointless to you because thats what they favor. Everyone has their own preference and are at different skill levels.

[gotta240]

LOL at your camber.

Unless you NEED that for clearance that is just stupid.... As a matter of fact, that is plain retarded for track applications. Baller street apps....maybe. Track....NO.

I'm running 18x9.5 front with -2.3 camber, 8 caster, 0 toe. I'm happy.

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cool thx for everyones advice....and in no way did i or will i ever think that the alignment will make me a better drifter.....i have experienced alot with diffrent settings...just was wondering about other ppls.....the camber for some reason is actually fine...because at full lock my tire is straight and i have the most traction like that..

[kevtrinh]

yeah 4.5 camber is crazy but people think drifting is crazy too. Since I still drive my car on the street I like to have 0 toe all around. Small toe-in the front but thats about it.

[!Zar!]

LOL at OP...

To restrain myself.

My current toe on my s14 is.

-.05 total up front.

+\- 0 in rear.

[Dousan_PG]

your camber sucks
-3.5 at the MAX

toe should be 0 or slight toe out in the front
rear, 0 or slight toe in

been doing this for years
my friends in japantold me the exact same thing and they run D1GP, D1SL and MSC/BM (rip)

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toe in ...in the back????

toe out usually breaks ur rear end much easier

[Dousan_PG]

toe in ...in the back????

toe out usually breaks ur rear end much easier

but u dont want that
thats newb shit


MORE GRIP!!!
high speed drifts son
toe in!!

[McRussellPants]

duh zone.

4.5 camber is corrola steeze so they can get away with 2 degrees of caster.

3.5 F camber
1.7 R camber
0 Toe on both ends.

Running rear toe in on an S chassis is kinda pointless because it will go in as soon as you squat the rear.

Run more camber and more toe out on the rear if its a grippy surface.

done.

[ejkisela]

Personally I like 7 degrees of castor so during full angle I minimize the front tire hitting the wireharness for the fuse block on the driver side. I have a some sheet metal protecting this, because it still hits. Camber is 3 deg up front 2 in the back and 0 toe all the way. there are new knuckle being made in Japan for more ackerman angle (more angle on inside wheel to "pull" ). Wheel set up is 17 8 +5 in front 9+11 or 9.5 +15 on rear. With increased castor it is necessary to modify front portion of the inner fender area as the tire will rub.

Should you want it more snappy, shorten the wheel base with rear link, this will make your transioning (furikaishi) faster.

[EDacIouSX]

we should maybe start an alignment thread? think i'll start one.