Negative Camber...2g AWD, Too much/Not enough???

[ILLMINDED]

Just curious if -1.5 degrees F and -1.0 degrees R is a bit much for all around use. My car is not daily driven and at most probably will only see a few thousand miles a year. I just ordered my new coilovers and camber hardware, and want to get some stuff straight before I make it to the alignment rack with my new goods installed. Thanks for your suggestions and comments.

 

[salTy]

Well with the details you've given you can only get generic answers. Since the car is not your daily driver what are you using it for, what form of racing etc.? Just going on what you've posted I'd say your front camber should be at -1.0 with rear camber at -1.7. Depending on your setup this will give you just enough negative camber without uneven tire wear. It would help if you posted the suspension setup, how low, wheel size, if you are road racing or autocross, etc.

 

[ILLMINDED]

The car is a 1999 Mitsu. Eclipse GSX. I will be running on the JIC FLT-A2 coilovers, Centerline RPM 19x7 1/2 rims wrapped in 225/35/19 Yokohame Parada Spec 2 tires. Not sure on how low yet. Probably around 1.5" lowering. I'll start with that and see how it is. I will have the Specialty Products front and rear camber correction kits. The -1.5 degree F and -1.0 degree R settings were reccomended to me for a good all around setting. The car is mostly street driven. I might get it on a course or 2 just to see how things are. Thanks for any help or reccomendations.

 

[ILLMINDED]

I may also get the RM sway bars.... front and rear. I allready have RRE front and rear strut tower braces.

 

[ILLMINDED]

Anyone else. I know theres got to be some suspension Gurus in here that turn the wheel from time to time. Any help? I'm just wondering if this is a reasonable place to be with negative camber specs. Help me out fellas.

 

[salTy]

You can get away with the -1.5 in the front but you are being a bit conservative on the rear. I think you should be between -1.7 and -1.9 and with those settings your tire wear won't be severe. -2.1 and more in the rear is just asking for uneven tire wear however so I wouldn't go that far.

 

[ILLMINDED]

Thanks salTy for the input. Maybe I'll try -1.5 degrees the whole way around and see what that does for me. Any other suggestions are welcome.

 

[Tevenor]

I plan on running -2.5 in the front and -2.o in the rear for next year. But then again, it's an autocross car with semi-daily duties.

 

[ILLMINDED]

So do you think the -1.5 degrees F and -1.0 degrees R will be Ok for mostly street duty then? So far this year I only put about 3,000 miles on the car at most....... Actually it may not even be that much now that I think about it. I think I'm gonna try it out unless someone gives me some terrible reasons not too. Whats the worst case scenario......I get some uneven wear and have to hit the rack to re-do some alignment chores? If anyone else has any other experience and is running something other then stock specs let me know. Thanks.

 

[qtiger]

If you are under 2 degrees of negative camber, don't worry about it. A lot of daily driven cars aim for -2 degrees, as it seems to produce maximum performance without irregular wear.

Worst case scenario, you end up rotating your tires a couple of times.