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Old Jul 23, 2022 | 06:17 PM
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Recently had some new adjustable FUCAs installed on my z among other suspension components. Alignment is wack right now obviously and taking it in soon to get resolved. I plan on and have used this car to autox and occasionally street drive so that's what I'll be doing.

I don't have the most knowledge of caster ( I understand the general principal of it, but do not have any experience applying or tweaking it) and plan on running -2 deg camber all around for now and see how I like it before fine tuning

I know caster will influence how effective your alignment is but would not know how much pos or neg would be reasonable.

And tips on what might be a good amount to start with would be appreciated while I continue doing research.

Thanks and sorry for noobish question
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Old Jul 23, 2022 | 09:46 PM
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Pretty high castor from the factory, I would keep it within stock caster specs . Camber , add more front. No reason to have less than 3 for an autocross car . Rear you can keep at 2
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 06:23 AM
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Thanks for the response. I'll take a look at the oem caster range and make my decision soon
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 07:03 AM
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Don't be surprised when a big box alignment place won't touch camber
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 04:47 PM
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Yeah. Luckily my friends have some connections and know a guy at shore tire who will take care of custom alignments like this. He's done all their cars
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 05:34 PM
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What arms did you get?
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Old Jul 24, 2022 | 05:38 PM
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Z1 FUCAs and camber arms. I wanted to get SPL but they are $$$
Honestly a bit worried I won't be able to take these out as far as I might want but we'll see BUT you do have the option to remove the "street" bushing and replace with their "race" ones which offer more adjustment I believe

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