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Old 12-13-2013, 12:06 PM
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Default Alignment specs to fix outer front tire wear?

Wondering who in the group has experience with the best setup for street and track. I do 3-4 DE's per year, stock suspension, separate track and street wheels/tires. Most street driving is for fun, fairly agressive. Not many long trips.

I have searched and found what I think are some good recommendations.

The facts:

Tire wear on old street tires:
-Fronts both have wear down to the cord on outside corners, otherwise wear is just short of wear indicator evenly across tire. Both fronts visually have the same wear.
-Rears are perfectly even wear, nearly down to slicks
-Current alignment, everything very close to spec except front camber +.6 left, +.2 right (spec is roughly 0).

I understand from searching that -1.0 to -1.4 is max stock adjustment for camber.

I think the major adjustment I need is just extra negative camber, but how much?
a. Just align back to stock 0 camber?
b. Move to -.3 to -.5 camber
c. Go to near max camber -1.0 or so?

Any experience appreciated. I have attached the before and after alignment, but still thinking I should add more front camber. The times listed indicate which is before and after.
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Old 12-13-2013, 04:03 PM
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Max out on the front negative camber. You will only be able to get around one degree with a stock set up. I have my stock suspension camber maxed out and tread wear is prefect. I do about four or five DEs a year.
Old 12-18-2013, 02:15 AM
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They put quite a lot of toe on the rear. Your rear tires will cord on that inside edge....

more front camber too, as recommended above



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