Looking for alignment starters - FC

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Rogue_Wulff

As I pointed out early on, toe out does improve turn in response, but at the price of straight line stability and speed, along with increasing tire wear.
To that end, many autocrossers will dial in a bit of toe out at the event, and set it back before leaving. Autocross does not see speeds high enough for the toe out to be any real issue.
Negative camber, within reason (-1* to -3*), does not adversely affect tire wear, unless combined with toe out. Yes, driving a car on the street with too much negative camber will cause some excess wear, however a car that will see "sprited" driving more often than highway cruising will not be as prone to seeing the excessive wear.
As for caster, most street cars cannot be adjusted far enough to have any adverse effects. But racecars can be hindered by too much caster.
Of course, the tires play a role in what settings work best. Some tires like more agressive settings, while others do not.

Personally, I run a bit of toe out, within factory specs, and leave it alone. I can't get more than -1* camber due to the FB front suspension design, and the camber/toe out combo hasn't caused excessive wear. In fact, the outer edges of my tires have more wear than the inner edges. This is due to being camber limited, and hard cornering.
The car is a tad twitchy on the highway, but not enough to be a problem.
I'm also not running tires quite as sticky as the RT615, Z1, or NT-01 (yet). But, after 2 full seasons of autocross, and ~20K miles, they are still holding up well, aside from a bit of outer shoulder wear. Flipping them around and swapping sides of the car they are on, would prolly help me get a few more miles out of them in the long run. I'm hoping to upgrade from Kumho Ecsta SPT to Falken Azenias RT 615 soon though, so I haven't bothered with the side swap, since the wear isn't too bad.

Unfortunately within the first 3 weeks of this car being on the ground it will see close to 2500 miles of highway cruising. I think what I am going to do is just set the toe to 0 and see how she responds on the highway vs the autocross. I remember hiting the rev limit in 3rd gear on one of the tracks though which REALLY surprised me, especially being n/a at the time.

Thanks for everything guys, hopefully in a week or two we'll be able to start setting this thing up.