camber plate alignment

scrappy · May 16th, 2003, 11:11 AM

I did a search and heres what I came up with the scc project 200sx ran 2.0 degrees ngative camber and 3.0 degrees positive caster with 1/8 in toe out but they said it wouldnt give that good of tire life so if I run 1.5 negative camberr and 2.5 positive caster with1/16 in toe out would that be better. In this months NPM it talked about the camber plates not being able to be adjusted all the way and a sander would take care of that I have the same problem do you jsut sand the other half of the strut tower or what? thanks for you help

Skinny G · May 17th, 2003, 12:53 AM

Run as much caster as you can get - it increases dynamic camber on turns and does not wear tires.

Many people will tell you that camber does not wear tires - toe does. My opinion is that they don't drive enough.

I ran -2.3° camber and 0 toe for 15,000km and I can confirm that the tires DO wear. I ended up running -1.3° for street, and changing to -3.3° for autocross events then back again.

Depending on your spring/sway bar combination, you will probably find the best cornering with -2.5 to -3.5° camber. The difference in my B13 from -2.3 to -3.3 was phenominal!

For a street car, running 1/16" toe out is probably good. If you have changed the bushings to polyurethane, you could probably run 0 toe since there will be less flex in the front suspension. I am running 0 toe front and rear and it seems fine.

Since you are using camber plates, keep in mind that tilting the strut in at the top will reduce the dynamic camber on turns slightly (an increase in Steering Axis Inclination (SAI)) - this is in the wrong direction for us. For each degree you add in SAI, you need to add half a degree more caster to compesate.

For further study, look here:

http://www.vcmc.ca/ubb/ultimatebb.ph...c;f=2;t=000641

Good luck, and have fun!

Greg