What is your alignment like?

[carnurd]

these cars naturally understeer......



1)try thicker rear spring pads..to raise her a bit...and 2)play w/ pressures.

Ive heard alot of issues w/ similiar kits not holding specs.

3) and put in poly rtabs.....

I think these kits are really not needed in most fresh / maintained e 30s.....unless of course you are slammed to the ground.

I run HR race......and understeer is a mild issue....but she does tend towards it.........


if you track the car, then go in hard and use the gas/brake pedal to steer and induce more o/steer and rotation....

My car is amazingly neutral.... then again I do have a 4cyl up front and am damn close to 50/50 ^_^ Its goofy fun on track...

[JRKOUPE]

My car understeers.. not oversteers. :)
I'm installing the weld in rtab kit so it'll all be sorted soon.

these cars naturally understeer......



1)try thicker rear spring pads..to raise her a bit...and 2)play w/ pressures.

Ive heard alot of issues w/ similiar kits not holding specs.

3) and put in poly rtabs.....

I think these kits are really not needed in most fresh / maintained e 30s.....unless of course you are slammed to the ground.

I run HR race......and understeer is a mild issue....but she does tend towards it.........


if you track the car, then go in hard and use the gas/brake pedal to steer and induce more o/steer and rotation....

[j0oftheworld]

My car understeers.. not oversteers. :)
I'm installing the weld in rtab kit so it'll all be sorted soon.

[jlevie]

I wish I had less rear camber.. my car understeers w. camber plates up front and HR race springs.

Unless you have a silly amount of rear camber, more than desired probably isn't the cause of the oversteer. Rear toe has a greater affect than camber.

That said, what sways are you using and is the rear sway set as loose as it will go?

[j0oftheworld]

I wish I had less rear camber.. my car understeers w. camber plates up front and HR race springs.

[Bishop]

-2.3* Camber
10* Caster
0 Toe in the front.

-2.6* Camber
3/32" total Toe in the rear.

I'm pretty happy cause the initial readings were totally boned and it's apparent now why my tires were getting eaten up... However, they claimed they couldn't get the -2.5* in the front I wanted, without dropping the struts, and they only left 2 bolts in the camber plate on the passenger side.

[JRKOUPE]

set up....

for my 99 % track car..that is driven to events:


neg 3.5 camber
9 and change cast.....

0 toe.


rear is like neg 2 or so camber
I cant recall toe..

but she is rock solid at tracks...and she is currently not adjustable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO8vaUEcqXg

[JRKOUPE]

where are some good rear alignment kits out there? it sure be nice to adjust camber and toe in the rear. i aligned mine the other day and i have e30m3 offset cabs and it came out to be -2.4 +- .1 on the fronts and zero toe/slightly in on the front. didnt do the rear but iirc was pretty consistent for 170k being that its not adjustable not too bad. car handles great and drives straight and true. needs more low tho.

if your car feels good......and rear tire wear looks good.....and its not a dedicated track weapon,.dont bother w/ rear adjustability....you dont need it.

then again, if you go really low.....you may want it..lol

[vivalegreg]

where are some good rear alignment kits out there? it sure be nice to adjust camber and toe in the rear. i aligned mine the other day and i have e30m3 offset cabs and it came out to be -2.4 +- .1 on the fronts and zero toe/slightly in on the front. didnt do the rear but iirc was pretty consistent for 170k being that its not adjustable not too bad. car handles great and drives straight and true. needs more low tho.

[Wh33lhop]

-2 camber in the front and 10.3 degrees of caster (would have gone further if I was running more camber but I hear you run into weight jacking issues with much more than ten degrees), zero toe in front. Rear is nonadjustable and came out to be -2.9 camber and 30 minutes of toe in or something.

Next alignment I'm going to see if I can get adjustable rear stuff and try for -2.5 camber and a little toe in in the front (for a bit better tire wear), and -1.5 camber, zero toe in the rear.

[Gnarles]

-2.8deg camber, 0 toe, 10deg of caster in the front. -2.2deg camber, 1/16" total toe-in in the rear.

I set this up last weekend before the latest auto-x and was very happy with the results.

[Bishop]

Anyone else care to share? My car's due up for a re-alignment after I noticed my dunlops getting chewed up when on the front of the car, inboard side.... Toe changed somewhere along the way I'm guessing...

Car's like, -2.3* in the front, nearly that in the rear, was 0 toe, no idea what my caster is / was...

Thinking camber will stay the same, or possibly go -2.5* in the front, no toe at all (DD this car too). What should I do for caster, or what should I ask for?

[Jean]

Just some off set bushings in stock mounts, but I do have GC plates.

[e30s50dan]

Forgot about those, yes I did.

What cab bushing are you running. 10 deg caster huh

[calz4m]

-3.0 camber, 0 toe, maximum caster in the front, no idea about the rear as it is not adjustable