Tire wear
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Racer
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Tire wear
1991 car is lowered. Inside fronts are wearing at twice rate of outside fronts. What factors should I consider for alignment? Does the lowering setup affect the specs of the alignment? Have no issue with handling. P Zero tires. Thanks.
Race Car
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I know I don't over-inflate my tires, but my middle section is almost to nothing, with the outer and inner almost equal--- rear tires here. I'm on RS alignmens specs on Bilstein HD and Turbo springs.
Pro
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From: Abruzzo (ITALY)
The 2 possible causes are:
- too much negative camber (as Feral posted)
- toe out (have a look at your a-arm bushes...)
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On the other hand, I ran a non-Porsche autocross car with a significant amount of front toe out, and it ate the inside edge of my tires very quickly.
Bottom line is a visit to a competent alignment shop is in order.
Brian
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buy directional tires NOT assymetric so you can switch them over.
but agree with comments above .... -2 neg camber on front seems to wear well for street driving and occassional track day. search my previous posts for caster and toe-in.
but agree with comments above .... -2 neg camber on front seems to wear well for street driving and occassional track day. search my previous posts for caster and toe-in.
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