Suggestions for Aggressive Street Alignment

[HLxDrummer]

Well I have decided to get my car aligned for now instead of attempting to do it myself although I may try that later.

Any recommendations for settings? It is mostly a daily driver with some autocrossing and "spirited" runs on the street. Probably get another alignment before I decide to road course it.

All season tires and Megans. Right now my tires are bald on the outside shoulder because the previous aligner gave me positive camber :(

I was thinking zero toe all around and -1 camber up front, -0.5 in the back?

[Blackmount]

I was recommended -2* front, -1* rear. That is what i am currently running. Car feels great.

[R/T93]

-1 to -2 for front and about 75% of that for the rear. 0 toe in front, the slightest amount of toe out on the rear, maybe an 1/8". Tires wont wear badly and will be a very noticeable improvement in handling.

Also, tire pressures make a huge difference, run 40ish up front and 36 on the rear. Ignore what the labelplate says on the door sill. This isnt the 90's anymore, tires can take more pressure and more pressure is a firmer ride but a more responsive tire (to a point)

[CoopKill]

No lies on the tire pressure. It helped much upping the pressure in mine.

[Rakuny]

My understanding was that the tire pressure written on the inside of the door is mostly for ride comfort, Definitely up it.
Did you corner weight and balance the car on the Megans? If you can find a way to get it done that will help a lot.
I'm not running any toe.

EDIT:
If your driving the car year round and have the means to get a dedicated summer tire and a dedicated winter tire I guarantee you won't regret it. Before I took mine off DD duty that is what I did... there is no comparison between an all season tire and a summer tire and no comparison between an all season tire and a winter tire. I told my brother the same thing, he bought winter tires for his DD and will not go back to all seasons, the difference is amazing.

[B-Man]

Interesting article about tire pressures: I find a lot of misunderstanding about tire pressures in Autocross (http://www.awdriven.net/autoX-tire-pressures.htm)

I can also attest to getting dedicated summer/winter tires.

[HLxDrummer]

Sounds good to me!

I have Sumitomo HTR+s on my car now and the sidewalls are SOFT. I put them to their max pressure at autocrosses and they still roll over (50 some PSI).

Once I find some Evo wheels for a few hundred bucks I will be buying a set of those for summer tires and using my stockers for all seasons/winters. Right now I only have one set of wheels and drive year round so can't go just summer tires. The Sumitomos are at their wear indicators now so by the end of the summer they will be finished off as will be my inspection so I'll probably park it until next summer while I'm in med school any how (maybe I can find a set of wheels over winter).

I would love to corner weight my car but I can't really find anywhere local to do it and I'm not sure how big of a difference it would make at my level, anyhow. There isn't a cheap DIY way to do it, is their?

Thanks guys! Can't wait to try out the setup.

[HLxDrummer]

Hey guys just got my suspension on and the car aligned. However, the front seems a little higher than the rear and I would like to correct this. I know adjusting the height in the front will affect the alignment, but will toe be affected in the rear?

I don't care if I lose a little negative camber in the rear when I raise it, but will toe change? Judging from my memory of the suspension I don't think it will, but I want to be sure so I don't chew off my tires.

Thanks!

[HLxDrummer]

Well I'm probably going to try to align it myself sometime. The alignment guy gave me a little over a degree up front and a little less in the back but its not enough. Up front I'm obliterating the edges at the track, the back slightly less so. This is with 50psi all around. Going to try for 2 degrees up front and little over a degree in the rear.n