Originally Posted by 370zproject (Post 1137633)

washed mine :)

Originally Posted by ZForce (Post 1137623)

Hey kenchan, first off the ings look great!

Well I took the car to another alignment shop and got the toe dialed into zero on all four corners. The camber is not wild like before meaning the dealership's rachk was ouit of calibration. Took it on a run this last Sat thru the canyon and.....maybe I am not used to zero toe on all fours but it was squirming a bit in the rear and the fronts felt wierd hitting bumps in the curves. You had some concerns running zero in the rears. Should I try running some toe in on the rears? I am not the best describing what is what without any proper track driving instructions and schooling so I apologize up front if I am not sure what I am supposed to be looking for. I only had about 200 miles on these new RE-11's. Could it be the tires have not scrubbed in yet?

Here are my current specs.


New alignment as of 5/20/11

Fr Left -1.6
Fr Right -1.5
Toe Left 0.00
Toe Right 0.00
Total Toe 0.00
Steer Ahead xx.xx


Rr Left -1.3
Rr Right -1.2
Toe Left 0.00
Toe Right 0.00
Total Toe 0.00
Thrust Angle 0.00

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1137859)

Zforce- thanks on the Ings. :D

Yah, the car actually toes out as the suspension travels in its programmed path. The toe-in setting offsets this so that u don't toe-out as much. Toe -out is like youre funneling in all bumps and road conditions for your car to digest while toe-in is like youre deflecting them to decide wat u want to digest and not overwelm stability.

Squirming comes from tires. New tires have more tread so that much rubber the car needs to twist in order to change the tire's direction. This is one reason why race cars in dry use slicks. Max contact patch and no tread to squirm. :)

Originally Posted by ZForce (Post 1138193)

Hey thanks for the additional 101 in alignment and toe. What would be a good setting for toe for the rears? I know it's a loaded question, because tire wear versus performance. A toe setting to start out with to test, which I can always change weekely (with my life time free alignments). :tup:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1137979)

red- he wants to save his RE11's rubber while driving on street.

Originally Posted by ZForce (Post 1138193)

Hey thanks for the additional 101 in alignment and toe. What would be a good setting for toe for the rears? I know it's a loaded question, because tire wear versus performance. A toe setting to start out with to test, which I can always change weekely (with my life time free alignments). :tup:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1138760)

Looks good, nynhex! :D LOL at stock knob. Who cares, right? :D

Originally Posted by nynhex (Post 1138775)

Exactly, the TI shift knob is night and day from the stock... let it RIP

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1138965)

No Z action for me today. Rain and rain and more rain. :(

But I got my spare Titeks in the mail :p and will plug her to the battery manager until next weekend.
Looks like more rain tomorrow. need to take the G out on Monday.