Get me ready for NG road race and autocross!!!

[Toni]

Hmm which blows cause I just had the car aligned last year. Will have to add that to the list which is unfortunately getting long so I dunno if this is gonna happen this year.

[i3igpete]

just go full negative with the camber bolts. good enough.

[Amphiron]

I have a set of Continental Extreme Contacts for the 16" stockers if you want to buy them for the NG. :P 100 miles on them at most

[green-lantern]

Might be the half shaft bearing or your engine mount is a little loose. The bolt for the mount is smaller than the sleeve in the mount so if it's loose a little loose it will pop up and down.

Well I haven't been able to track down this popping noise. It's not a clunk, it's a pop. It can make it happen in the parking lot when I load and unload the car with the clutch but after I take up any drivetrain slack. I have to put a little bit of load on the car and the pop occurs. Any thoughts?

Seriously did to try and tighten the mounts? The front is pretty easy to get to. Also what clutch are you running?

You're going to cord that left front on the roadcourse with anything resembling a street camber setup. You need to check your toe.

What camber do you recommend? I think I'm > -1 now

just go full negative with the camber bolts. good enough.

Isn't that going to throw the toe off?

[anyonebutme]

yes, it'll cause more toe in than he has now. Half an hour with some string, 4 jackstands, and a tape measure will tell him how far off and how much to adjust.

[green-lantern]

yes, it'll cause more toe in than he has now. Half an hour with some string, 4 jackstands, and a tape measure will tell him how far off and how much to adjust.

Yeah but just pulling the camber in I'd be worried about causing more wear than leaving it aligned. I was curious what camber you would recommend for the autocross and road course though. I'm thinking about getting the car realigned with more camber right before the trip then getting it put back to -1 when I get back (I have a cool alignment guy).

[anyonebutme]

Yeah but just pulling the camber in I'd be worried about causing more wear than leaving it aligned. I was curious what camber you would recommend for the autocross and road course though. I'm thinking about getting the car realigned with more camber right before the trip then getting it put back to -1 when I get back (I have a cool alignment guy).

You can't have enough camber with Mcstruts, especially if your car likes to roll or you have super grippy tires. I was running -2.8 degrees before I went back to stock style suspension, now I'm down to -2ish without my camber plates and just using "crash bolts". -1ish is fine for the rear.

[Toni]

Well it wasn't the motor mounts, all good and tight there. Today I replaced my rear diff bushings. Well, turns out all 6 of the front diff bracket bolts were loose. I went for a spin and didn't hear the popping anymore but will have to put some more miles to make sure.

[Toni]

Alright, new tires, car aligned, rear end fixed, and I should be getting my oil temp gauge in Monday to add to my gauges.