camber question?
02-28-2008, 09:13 AM
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camber question?
Is it possible to camber the stock shock so that the top of the tire is leaned in more sort of for drifting, i heard it was possible but im not 100% sure
any help/suggestion's
i have sportmax 002 15x8 205/50/15 in the rear i just want to tuck the top in a little
any help/suggestion's
i have sportmax 002 15x8 205/50/15 in the rear i just want to tuck the top in a little
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02-28-2008, 09:49 AM
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No. The Miata has a double A arm suspension not macpherson strut single A arm. Negative camber is going to come from rolling out the cam bolts as far as possible, and lowering the car. After that you can go to some offset bushings. A lot depends on the length of control arms since there's a tolerance. I had offset lower bushings on my 99 and could get over 4* neg camber - though never ran that much.
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03-03-2008, 06:03 AM
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very nice is it pretty easy to do it your self or will i have to bring it to my local mazda shop..also i have stock shocks with eibach ground control coilover sleves
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03-03-2008, 01:19 PM
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Take it to any alignment shop and ask them to get as much negative camber as possible if you want that, you can usually get to -2.5 -3 if you're not too low, but I think that's too much camber for drifting, you want to stay somewhere around -1.8 -2*.
www.roadsterdrift.com
www.roadsterdrift.com
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03-04-2008, 09:23 AM
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haha funny any ways i went there today and they told me if i could get the whole alignment set up it would be easier for them..so if you could help me with a good set up with the camber caster and toe that would be great.
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03-04-2008, 09:34 AM
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FRONT:
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-1.5 camber
Maxed Caster (give up caster to achieve camber, make certain it's equal on both sides)
1/16" toe out
REAR:
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-2.0 camber
1/16" toe in
that's fairly agressive, tire wear is normal, turn in is great.
if you don't need it, then maybe -1.3F and -1.7R
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-1.5 camber
Maxed Caster (give up caster to achieve camber, make certain it's equal on both sides)
1/16" toe out
REAR:
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-2.0 camber
1/16" toe in
that's fairly agressive, tire wear is normal, turn in is great.
if you don't need it, then maybe -1.3F and -1.7R
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