HELP: Have you swaped strusts for more camber ?
05-09-2006, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by NOBLEGT3
only if we agree that your paint wont last if you clean it with sandpaper.
, because there is no point to being at full lock ever. therfore no rubbing.
, because there is no point to being at full lock ever. therfore no rubbing.
mine also rubs at full lock with shims only, very slightly and it does nothing to impede the car in anyway.
05-09-2006, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Z06
The GT2 does not have upper mono-ball on the front..from what we have found.
In your opinion do you think he should shim or get the Manthey Plates?
In your opinion do you think he should shim or get the Manthey Plates?
Don't get confused by the rubber on the lower part of the camber plate, it's just a dust cover to protect the ball bearing.
On both cars, the rear upper strut mount is not a monoball.
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The Manthey camber plates or correcting the caster?
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01-10-2007, 01:20 PM
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Ok, My guy did this and I get rubbing at 3/4 lock. He told me that he rotated the struts if this means swap I don't know. I have -2.7 camber up front. The wheel is very chatty, I just assumed it was a characteristic of the car.
01-10-2007, 04:56 PM
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SWEET!!!! And how does it feel now? Have you had it back on the track?
01-10-2007, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by va122
Ok, My guy did this and I get rubbing at 3/4 lock. He told me that he rotated the struts if this means swap I don't know. I have -2.7 camber up front. The wheel is very chatty, I just assumed it was a characteristic of the car.
02-08-2007, 09:25 PM
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SWEET!!!! And how does it feel now? Have you had it back on the track?
02-10-2007, 04:42 AM
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Well, I have been to the track twice since. First day: a disaster. Had F -3,5 and R -3º with toyos R888's. Second day, wet track, slow rain . Changed to F -2,5º and R2,2º. Good sensations, but I haven't been able to compare with my dry track times. The only new issue is a littel more unstable car at the end of the straight line ( about 150 mph). I wonder why, as the caster hasn't moved... Perhaps the tyres ?
We will see , again, on the 23rd..On a dry track...if it doesn't rain...
Anyhow, I made a mistake in order to be able to really "measure" the difference: I changed tyres - from MPSC to TOYOS - AND camber.... We will see with a pyrometer how it looks..
We will see , again, on the 23rd..On a dry track...if it doesn't rain...
Anyhow, I made a mistake in order to be able to really "measure" the difference: I changed tyres - from MPSC to TOYOS - AND camber.... We will see with a pyrometer how it looks..
02-11-2007, 03:00 AM
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Chatty, twitchy darty, whatever. It may be in my head, but with 0 toe up front in each configuration there seems to be more (whatever adjective you want to use) Should be the opposite with the wider track.
Hell I don't know anymore, I'm over thinking this.
Hell I don't know anymore, I'm over thinking this.
02-11-2007, 07:52 AM
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Va122,
NJ-GT wrote : (When swaping struts )
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Have you checked your caster ? Has it moved ? Mine has behaved extremely well. I wonder if "my"
behaviour at 150 mph+ is due to the added neg. camber ( I came from -2º,and now have -2º50') and stronger sidewalls of the Toyos...
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Chatty, twitchy darty, whatever
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A lowered car will gain on both camber and caster. I had my car on the alignment rack about two years ago. We did the alignment reading, then rotated the stock camber plates, and got the car re-aligned. My caster readings went down by from 9.2 to 7.8 degrees.
Have you checked your caster ? Has it moved ? Mine has behaved extremely well. I wonder if "my"
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Chatty, twitchy darty, whatever