Alignment Help/Tweaks

John V · 04-14-2017, 06:57 AM

You have corner exit oversteer but how does the car behave elsewhere? Is it well behaved transitionally (slaloms)?

The shock settings are not what I would expect you'd want to run on that car but I know very little about the BRZ/FRS. How did you end up running a lot of front rebound damping and not a lot of rear?

The alignment looks fine. I'd actually want to set the car up to run less rear toe-in if possible, maybe by changing the balance with a bigger front bar. A car will drive with a shorter effective wheelbase with lower rear toe settings (going so far as making it negative like the RX-8 guys do). Based on what you're saying, your car seems like a prime candidate for a bigger front bar.

Also, one person's understeering pig is another person's uncontrollably loose car. It depends on how they're driven.

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04-14-2017, 06:57 AM	#7
John V No more BMWs Join Date: Apr 2005 Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8 Location: Glenwood, MD Posts: 14,753	You have corner exit oversteer but how does the car behave elsewhere? Is it well behaved transitionally (slaloms)? The shock settings are not what I would expect you'd want to run on that car but I know very little about the BRZ/FRS. How did you end up running a lot of front rebound damping and not a lot of rear? The alignment looks fine. I'd actually want to set the car up to run less rear toe-in if possible, maybe by changing the balance with a bigger front bar. A car will drive with a shorter effective wheelbase with lower rear toe settings (going so far as making it negative like the RX-8 guys do). Based on what you're saying, your car seems like a prime candidate for a bigger front bar. Also, one person's understeering pig is another person's uncontrollably loose car. It depends on how they're driven.