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Originally Posted by strat61caster
First off what is the car doing that you are trying to correct? What isn't neutral? You cannot hope to get a proper answer from "make my car neutral" because anything anyone prescribes may work for them but not for you.
My experience is useless because I don't know what RCE does to the balance, but what they say above is absolutely true, you can get a totally neutral car from alignment tweaks alone if that's your goal, I'm really happy with stock suspension + front camber plates and 200TW competitive tires. On stock springs/dampers the car really likes having >-2.5 degrees camber up front.
Edit: Autocross? Track? High speed track or low speed track? Canyons? Drift?
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I drive like a bat out of hell in the mountains. I have noticed that the vehicle is prone to mainly oversteer (although yes, that was its intent from Toyota) and I'd like to be able to dial out that. There is little understeer I've seen with the vehicle, and what understeer I have seen was EASILY correctable. I want a vehicle in short, that if I push it to its limits, it won't favour either under or oversteer; 4-wheel drifting, essentially. I also wanted a slightly lower vehicle (~20mm front and rear, which is why the RCE Yellows are a choice) with use of stock struts to maintain reliability. I know lowering a vehicle with stock sway bars and endlinks normally upsets the preload of the sway bar, negatively impacting handling characteristics. I'm aiming for a 200 UTQG tire. Something in the area of RS3 v2's, Rival S's (I had the Rival in a 225/45/15 on my NB1 Miata) and the RE71R categories as far as performance. 17x9 Ambit RE02's are my rim choice that I want. Looking for something aggressive enough with OK reliability. Driver modding is the cheapest and easiest, and so far I have feeling that I've fared well with driving this car.
Is there a specific precision alignment that is advertised on any of the FRS forums that improve handling characteristics with stock tires/rims/suspension?
I know in my Miatas I preferred 5+* Caster for initial turn in with zero toe and ~1.5* camber.