Gavin Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 After installing my Tokico suspension kit (~1" drop) I am running -.5 in the front and 3.5 in the back for camber. How are these numbers and where do I want them to be? I will be using the car for AutoX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 You have some serious issues if you are running -3.5 deg camber in the back with a 1" drop. I am lowered about 3" and came out with 2.5 degrees in the rear which is about where you want to be. have you replaced all your bushings? I would reccomend not much more then -2 degrees if you are doing street driving as you will eat through tires. Im running -2.5 on my DD bmw and it goes through a set of tires in about 15-20K miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 No that was +3.5 . Is that anything extreme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Uh, don't think so. Either it's neg camber where the tires are closer together at the top than the bottom, or you have something seriously wrong with your suspension. -3.5 is going to wear out tires, and your front end needs more neg camber to work at autox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Uh, don't think so. Either it's neg camber where the tires are closer together at the top than the bottom, or you have something seriously wrong with your suspension. -3.5 is going to wear out tires, and your front end needs more neg camber to work at autox. I'm confused. Negative camber is when the tires are closer together at the top than the bottom, if you were questioning that. So does +3.5 put me at too much positive camber? And what would be optimal in the front/how far off am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 There should be no way that your lowered Z has positive camber. Most lowered Z's end up with way too much negative camber. Something isn't right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 ****. Could it have to do with running the smaller diameter, and I think wider, 280ZX Turbo-spec wheels/tires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Nope. Plenty of guys running 14's that don't have 3.5 degrees of camber. I don't think I've ever seen positive camber in the back of a Z, even at stock height they're more like 0 degrees in the back and a little positive in the front IIRC. Something is wrong. This may sound really retarded, and I don't mean to insult you, but it almost sounds like you're measuring the camber with the car up in the air. You do have it on the ground, and you've rolled it around a bit to settle the suspension since you put in the struts/springs, right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I'm with Jon here... Something is amiss... Can you provide pics? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 You know,, thats what it said on the computer screen when the shop was done aligning it. Maybe it was up in the air in the back a little. Probably just an error on my part. So how does the front sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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