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Old 08-08-2016, 11:23 AM   #1
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auto-x alignment 2015 FRS

so i have a decent amount of track experience (not in the FRS. in old AE86's, 1st gen MR2s, 3rd gen supras, and an '08 civic Si). but this weekend was my first auto-x, and wow! i didnt expect it to be so different. it feels so much more frantic and violent. everything happens way faster than on a full on race track. weight transfer and transitions are so much faster. and you don't really get time to learn the track... 4 runs in the morning, then 4 in the afternoon, only the afternoon is running the course backwards, so might as well be a new course. this has exposed several flaws in my driving, and possibly some in my car. namely way more understeer than i thought the car had, and a weird hop-ish feeling thing on the front end.

my question is about alignment and suspension for auto-x. on quick left to right transitions, im feeling my front wheels hop a little. almost feels like understeer, but instead of sliding on the ground while pushing to the outside, the tires are taking little hops as they push. i've never felt this on a car before. what causes this? and how do i correct it? my car is basically a stock 2015 FRS. my only mod is whiteline camber bolts in the top hole. everything else is stock.

these are my current alignment specs:

FRONT:
caster: left 5.54 right 5.65
camber: left -1.46 right -1.42
toe: 0.00

REAR:
camber: left - -1.50 right -1.34
toe: 0.00

thoughts? suggestions? im pretty sure this is mostly driver error.. but even with that in mind.. if i make an error, should it really hop like that? or is there something i can do to prevent that? im fine with under/over steer when i mess up.. but this feels way more violent and i can only assume it's very hard on my car.. same as rear wheel hop is really hard on a car.
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