Spoon feed me best practices for street alignment
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Spoon feed me best practices for street alignment
The smelly '94 R-package is scheduled for an alignment tomorrow morning. Been reading through dozens of threads on this issue, and honestly it does make me feel like a noob -- if there's anything resembling a consensus, I haven't found it.
Not interested in track setups. I drive somewhat aggressively on the street, but it's not exactly the Tail of the Dragon around here, and at most I'll be running cheap daily driver tires on 7" RPF1's. Don't care about autocross or track performance, just a fun, lively feel for the street. My wife should be able to drive it on the interstate without crying.
So -- recommendations? Steering effort is a tad high right now, so I'm thinking I will request 3.8 degrees of caster. Other than that, I haven't a clue.
Not interested in track setups. I drive somewhat aggressively on the street, but it's not exactly the Tail of the Dragon around here, and at most I'll be running cheap daily driver tires on 7" RPF1's. Don't care about autocross or track performance, just a fun, lively feel for the street. My wife should be able to drive it on the interstate without crying.
So -- recommendations? Steering effort is a tad high right now, so I'm thinking I will request 3.8 degrees of caster. Other than that, I haven't a clue.
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Alignment was done this morning. It was done a regular tire change place but I talked to the ticket writer for a minute about what I wanted and they let me go into the alignment bay to make sure the guy did the settings I wanted.
Mostly I was pleased -- he messed up the front once and had to redo it but he didn't mind targeting my requested settings and did a pretty good job.
Since I was looking at the alignment screen the whole time, I didn't look at the printout until I got home. Then I noticed the "SAI" (Steering Axis Inclination) and "Included Angle" (SAI + Camber).
Should I be concerned about the variation in the SAI and Included Angle?
Mostly I was pleased -- he messed up the front once and had to redo it but he didn't mind targeting my requested settings and did a pretty good job.
Since I was looking at the alignment screen the whole time, I didn't look at the printout until I got home. Then I noticed the "SAI" (Steering Axis Inclination) and "Included Angle" (SAI + Camber).
Should I be concerned about the variation in the SAI and Included Angle?
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Silly megeoffriau. There are no street miata alignments - they are all flatout.
Edit: I wouldn't worry about the variance. My car has variances as well. You have more rear camber than front, so given stock springrates & swaybars should be quite safe from tail-happiness, so drive on.
Edit: I wouldn't worry about the variance. My car has variances as well. You have more rear camber than front, so given stock springrates & swaybars should be quite safe from tail-happiness, so drive on.
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