Wheel alignment settings for the track

[Martynas]

Hi guys,
What wheel settings you are using for the track for your ae86?
I have been using ae86 for drifting mainly, so high camber was just fine. However now turning more to a circuit and I do get a feeling that the settings for the front wheel alignment may not be ideal for the track.
Would be great to hear what you think about this.
Thanks!

[Bean]

Depends on the track and tire type. I usualy used around 1.5 camber sometimes more, rarely less.

[pack]

1.5 Camber sounds good for a starting point....

Too bad we can't camber in the rear.... damn

[Martynas]

Thanks! Will give it a go

Talking about the rear it saves hell a lot of a headache, always look at the bright side..

[hachirokkos]

also consider about just a bit of toe out for better response and cornering, in expense of the straight line stability .

[pack]

Well... we have the rear Cusco RCA



Should improve something....

[cke70]

A friend of mine uses this setting:

Long circuit:
Camber - 1.5
Toe - 0
Caster - 0

Short circuits:
Camber - 2
Toe - 0
Caster - 0

[ditn]

rallysetup testing

camber -1
toe 0
caster (4'30" normal due to rules)

[NoHachi]

If your driving is halfway decent 1 to 1.5 degrees of negative camber will not be enough. If you take temps I'm guessing you'll end up somewhere 3 degrees plus. Probably more than 4.

The only way to know for sure is to either buy a tire pyrometer and take temps after sessions or to buy ultrasoft compound tires that wear down in one to two trackdays (and see if inner tire wear is in check).

For example, my miata on Rcomps needs 3 degrees negative with better camber curves than the AE86 ever came with. I'm thinking you'll need at least a degree static camber on top of that to overcome the McPherson handicap.

With that said, hitting the optimum is not that important. The car drives mostly fine with suboptimal settings, it just eats into the tire budget if its too far out of whack.

[Martynas]

Thanks guys for your advice! Seems that i will have to play with the settings a bit. Once the car is driven on different tracks and country roads there won't be one setting to fit all, but any way judging on what you have said there is definitely some space for improvement