Autocross alignment

bullitt4793 · 02-17-2004, 12:25 PM

Hello all, Autocross season is starting soon. Last year was the first year that I did it, so I just went with the factory set up. This year I wanted to adjust my alignment to be a little more aggressive. I have a 2001 Bullitt, and I use it as a daily driver as well, so I wanted a combination that would be more agressive, but also won't destroy my tires during regular driving. Any recommendations?

Thanks

vfast · 02-18-2004, 12:43 PM

buy a set of cc plates

Leadfoot · 03-10-2005, 05:54 PM

What are those?

I am disappointed there aren't a lot more members that do autoX. Could anybody clue me in why not? I saw that they weren't as graceful looking as a Miata when doing the course.

I decided to try doing it and see what happens. I am just wondering if I do any damage to the car since I really don't know what I am getting myself into? My husband is trying to talk me out of it because he thinks I'll ruin it.

Birdieman4 · 03-10-2005, 06:05 PM

I do the SCCA stuff all the time, myself. Castor/camber plates allow you to change the camer of the wheels. Wht they allow for is more aggressive cornering. Leadfoot, I'll tell you what. -If you do nothing else, get some all out racing tires and mount them on some cheap rims. Use them only for SCCA. This is the single best mod you can do to help your autoX perfermance. You'll be amazed.

Leadfoot · 03-10-2005, 11:06 PM

Sorry, I am new with this stuff. What are castor/camber plates? Camer?

I will definitely be looking this stuff up in some manuals so I can understand better.

One more thing, any chance I can beat an 18-year old driving a 1990 Nisson 240SX? Probably not, but I can dream about it.

Thanks!

Birdieman4 · 03-11-2005, 03:30 AM

I didn't mean tosay camer, I meant camber. Camber is the amount of horizontal angle in the wheel with respect to the road. If you looked at a car with a lot of camber from the rear, the wheels would look bowed out at the base, and not perpendicular to the road. This allows for a bigger contact point with the tire on the road during hard cornering. Don't worry about adding camber to your car at this point. Get some soft compound racing tires and you'll be good to go.

Choppa · 03-11-2005, 08:19 PM

hey im getting in to auto cross this spring ive always wanted to this will be my first time. I cant wait there are a few more things i want to get donw to my car first but im soo excited

RAT · 03-15-2005, 08:57 PM

I just had an alignment done last Friday. It was reccommended I get -1.5 camber, max caster and 0 toe for a street driven car. The shop could only get -1.3 camber. I hear someone went back 2 times and was able to get more neg camber on their car. I'm not sure if he had to grind the slots in the strut tower or not. After the alignment my car drives better than before on the street. It did much better at the track too. But I need more neg camber for the R compound tires to increase the contact patch.

CC plates will give you much more adjustments and help a lot more with R compound tires. But will knock you out of stock class.

fastmustangs1 · 03-17-2005, 03:41 AM

The stock plates only allow you 1.0 degree of negative camber. And no caster. Caster Camber plates are plates that mount on topof the
struts. These will allow more aggressive alignment settings. The only thing is they will wear the tires faster.

Matt