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Getting set up for AX

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#1 ·
I ordered wheels and tires for my car. I’m ordering the ddm brace bundle, a Zzp turbo back exhaust, new intake and charge pipes and a tune. Hopefully I will get to an event in June at the latest. What do you AX guys recommend for alignment settings?
 
#5 ·
I have 3 weeks off and it will be the only time off I have until next summer. It’s my only opportunity to work on the car at all. It’s not much different than the gmpp package. The exhaust is mostly because I don’t like the way it sounds and the new down pipe will allow me to add a wide band O2 to better monitor the engine. I ordered Bridgestone potenza RE-71RS.
 
#3 ·
Mild:
Front: 1.5deg camber, 8deg caster, 0 to slightly toe-in
Rear: 1.0deg camber, -4deg caster, 0 to slightly toe-in

Wild:
Front: 2.5deg camber, 8deg caster, 0 to slightly toe-in
Rear: 2.0deg camber, -4deg caster, 0 to slightly toe-out

Regardless of which you choose, if you are planning on changing your ride height at all I'd recommend you do that before you get an alignment, or you'll be paying for another alignment after you do so.
 
#6 ·
Mild is a good street-setup for someone who wants a little more performance without sacrificing tire wear. The increase in tire wear will be fairly negligible. If you only street drive, you'll eventually burn out the inside edge of the tire, but even on a soft tire it'll probably take 15,000 miles or so to do so.

Wild is more autox specific. You're going to start to see diminished straight-line longitudinal grip (accel and braking) but with greater grip (including accel and brake) in the corners. Any rear toe-out situation is going to have a tendency for oversteer which is highly undesirable on the street, but will make the car turn in quicker than any other adjustment.