I plan to use the car mostly for track days, autocross and some drifting. It'll probably end up being a "jack of all trades, master of none" but I should get a lot of seat time. I also plan to drive it to events as far as 3 hours away; sometimes more.

It currently has:

front adjustable a-arms
coilovers 10k/10k
Hotchkis 3-way adjustable sway bars
1.5 way clutch LSD (80%)
18x9.5 30mm offset wheels
Front lip
Adjustable rear wing

I am planning on running 140 treadwear 265/35-18 all the way around and hoping that I can use the sways, tire pressures, and shocks to fine tune. For drifting, I'll just put some old 245/40-18's on some spare wheels to burn them off.

What I'm wondering is how feasible my plan sounds and some starting alignment specs.

Thanks!

 

You should be golden with that setup.

The only suggestion would be to invest in a good set of coilovers or konis. Not sure what brand you were looking at.

-2.5 front camber with 1/16 out on toe
-1.75 rear camber with zero toe
Should be a good place to start with a street/track setup keeping in mind the 150+ mile one way trips you would be doing.

If you have a dedicated set of tires then you can ramp up the front camber to -3 and the rear up to -2.5 (some people prefer less rear camber but for NA Z's I prefer big rear numbers)

 

Is the car your daily driver ?

 

No, it isn't my daily.

 

I'm running JIC FLTA2. Will I need to add rear camber arms to adjust the rear?

 

You will need camber bolts and toe arms for the rear. Well, that's the most cost effective option anyway.

 

Since it is not a daily, this will work pretty good. But you do want 1/16 toe in on the rear. If you were to remove drifting from the equation, i would say -2.1 to -2.2 rear camber.

 

This is quite a compromise. If its on the street than it must be licensed and street legal. That said you might consider a hitch and trailer for competition tires.

 

Thanks for the input.

I was thinking about running NT01's and that's what came on it (staggered) but I figure for the first year, I'll be learning the car and want to make things as simple a possible.

 

Are the toe figures per side or total?

Do you think I will need camber bolts to get the -1.75* camber in the rear?

Thanks!

 

I would get rid of those FLT-A2's. I have them on my car now, and after my 2nd SCCA event. Both rears blew with only 15,000 miles on them. Sorry, didn't mean to burst your bubble. I am looking around the autocross thread for new suspension setups.

 

Are the toe figures per side or total?

 

Well, I took it to get it aligned and confimed that I do need to add some camber and toe adjustability to the rear in order to get my desired specs.

Is the Eibach kit sufficient? Or do I have to worry about slippage?

I also saw that Kinetix offers a Camber & Traction/Toe set up that includes ES bushings and is supposed to allow some toe adjustment via the traction arms.

SPL is out of my range.