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Old 09-15-2015, 08:22 PM
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I've found that front toe angles on my car don't stay put after just 1 autocross, resulting in toe out and veering to 1 side when driving straight. It seems excessive to get an alignment after every event and I rarely drive it on the street. I am running a track alignment of ~2deg negative camber f/r, ~9.5deg caster, 02' toe in f, 10' toe in r.

I am thinking it could be due to the bumpy autocross surface because I haven't noticed issues from tracking it.

How often do you guys get an alignment done?
Old 09-15-2015, 08:54 PM
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i've not had this problem, at least if it is drifting from spec its not noticeable
Old 09-16-2015, 06:54 AM
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What are the OEM camber settings? Toe settings?
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Originally Posted by tqevo
I've found that front toe angles on my car don't stay put after just 1 autocross, resulting in toe out and veering to 1 side when driving straight. It seems excessive to get an alignment after every event and I rarely drive it on the street. I am running a track alignment of ~2deg negative camber f/r, ~9.5deg caster, 02' toe in f, 10' toe in r.

I am thinking it could be due to the bumpy autocross surface because I haven't noticed issues from tracking it.

How often do you guys get an alignment done?
Front toe is set by turning the tie rod, thats not going to happen once the jam nut is tightened.The only other thing that can change the front toe is the front camber. Check to make sure the 3 nuts at the top of the strut are tight and not moving. take a sharpie and mark them after its set up.You also should mark the eccentrics for the rear camber and toe to make sure there not moving.

The last thing is make sure the equipment that there using is consistent and calibrated. I only use an mechanical set up for toe much more repeatable. Just spent 3 hrs yesterday setting the rear toe on my GT4.. carl
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No alignments so far. And I have done 10 track days with it. Never done an autocross.



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