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Originally Posted by strat61caster
The Miata's soft suspension gives it a lot of dynamic camber, simply put off the showroom floor it's working it's tires better than the 86 I would suspect but we won't know until guys start measuring their factory alignments (mine was garbage at -0.3 degrees camber up front), definite points for the I4+double wishbone but that's a setup that requires more effort to refine as grip gets added, we will see how the Miata guys handle that over the next few years.
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Different approaches to the problem I see. I'm still not sure if the flat-4 is worth the tradeoff (worse F/R distribution and struts). And as said it'd be interesting to see what is the next move by Toyota/Subaru. Any weight loss would be nice.
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Originally Posted by strat61caster
I'm still on OEM suspension on my FR-S with Dunlop Direzza ZII Star Specs and it's doing marvelously after getting the alignment improved, it wallows a bit in the front hurting my slalom but that can be fixed with a swaybar, although I'm considering picking up some BRZ front struts as they are stiffer springs. And per the tire tests mentioned
, the 86 picks up a ton of time with sticky 200TW tires without any problems with the handling, and again, I believe that is BECAUSE of the low c.g. facilitated by the boxer engine.
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I'm on the same tires actually and my problems are with braking at higher speeds. I think the rears are unloaded too much due to weight transfer. I'll see if that can be fixed with some rear toe-in.