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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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what camber should i run?

I am doing a alignment next week and just seeing what you guys would recommend for my set up. the car is not daily driving but its a weekend car that i want to track maybe twice a month but i do want an aggressive setup.

So my suspension upgrades so far is a whiteline ALK(race), Tein Flex coilovers, perrin rear control arms, and i wanted to see what you guys recommend for camber front and rear for my06sti.

right now its -1.7 rear.

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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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It really depends. My car is set-up for auto-x. Bunch of tid-bits here and there. Running -3 front, -1 rear, and zero toe around.

My previous alignment was -2 front, -1 rear, and zero toe around.

Subaru's tend to understeer, so... adding positive camber to the rear probably will help with handling. If I remember correct, the parameter for camber for the rear for my car is anything between -1.3 and -1.7.

Hope that helps.
Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by darkonion
It really depends. My car is set-up for auto-x. Bunch of tid-bits here and there. Running -3 front, -1 rear, and zero toe around.

My previous alignment was -2 front, -1 rear, and zero toe around.

Subaru's tend to understeer, so... adding positive camber to the rear probably will help with handling. If I remember correct, the parameter for camber for the rear for my car is anything between -1.3 and -1.7.

Hope that helps.
I was told on nasioc that he runs 5* caster, that sounds about right? And -1.6 rear & -2 front, which sounds good..



so you both have helped me narrow down my choices.
Old Mar 20, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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I don't have any forms of caster adjustments... so... yeah...

Personally, I would run a little more positive camber in the rear, but once again... really depends what you are doing and/or what you want to do.
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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go for -3.5-4 front and -2-2.5 rear if you want some aggressive camber lol.. but you might also want to gain some positive caster, somewhere around 5-7* positive caster
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by happs subi
go for -3.5-4 front and -2-2.5 rear if you want some aggressive camber lol.. but you might also want to gain some positive caster, somewhere around 5-7* positive caster
Why so much negative camber in the rear? Why so much in the front? Trying to tuck in your hella flush wheels?
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by darkonion
Why so much negative camber in the rear? Why so much in the front? Trying to tuck in your hella flush wheels?
umm, no...

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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 01:50 PM
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just for reference here's what whiteline recommends:

street, mild, and race

front Camber (4) - degrees -0.75 to -1.25 -1.25 to -2.25 -2.25 to -4
front Caster - degrees max max max
front Toe - mm/side 0 0 0
rear Camber (4) - degrees -1 to -1.25 -1.25 to -2 -2 to -3
rear Caster - degrees n/a n/a n/a
rear Toe - mm/side 0 -0.5 -1
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