Alignment settings & tires for racing

[lbszr]

Originally Posted by jrtoffroad

Alright, got the car aligned yesterday:

FRONT
Camber: -1.5 -1.6
Caster: 5.5 5.6
Toe in: 0 0


REAR
Camber: -1.2 -1.2
Toe in: 1/8 total (1/16 per wheel)

We noticed a fair difference with me in or out of the car, so these settings were achieved with me in the car. Not as much front camber as I was hoping for, but I may try grinding down the spacers, should get me pretty close to 2 deg.

Another Autocross this weekend, can't wait to see how it feels!

QUESTION:
I played around with the rear bolts to level the rear. My car does NOT have a noticeable lean, but I was trying to get it perfect and now have 1 bolt set maybe 1 inch shorter than the other (really didn't make much of a difference in the suspension height). Is there any issue with this? Is this the proper way to dial in the rear suspension, or should I just set both bolts the same?

Thanks!
Jordan

Looks like a good alignment for the track, if you mark the tierods, you could give it a little toe out at the track for comparison. Your doing better than mine. About 1.7 I think was max camber with the spacers ground down on mine.

I've been thinking about a way to corner balance without the scales.....The sway bars need to be disconnected to adjust the springs or the sway bar will hold it level even if the springs are out of wack. After the springs are set, the sway bar either needs shimmed or adjustable links so the bolts slide in with no binding.

Without scales.....My theory was to jack up the front in the middle so it can "balance", to get the front suspension out of the picture, and adjust the rear with sway bar disconnected, then jack up the rear in the middle and do the front, but the front spring is not easy to adjust, so eventually I want to get the adjustable springs from VBP.

With that test, mine is level on the rear spring and has a little lean on the front spring, but the sway bar is trying to hold it level with binding on the bolt. I need to get that fixed........