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The wheels took a lot of work but finally they are done. They will have to wait until spring as I don't want to risk ruining them with road grit in winter, but I've put them on for one evening and a asked a mate to make a few snaps. Ride height does look slightly silly but it will be sorted in spring, I already have a set of Pro-Kits sitting on a shelf. Otherwise I think they are a good compromise between looks and keeping the driving character of the car intact.
Edited by dmitry on Monday 30th November 14:23
I think I will put some 225 tyres on the wheels when they go on the car in the spring as the factory Primacies have such a massive rim protector they look aggressively stretched when in fact they are not.
But this car is all about fun driving it and on this note I went to a local autodrome a few weeks ago to have some. It was all good, the track is small with tight turns, more of a karting track really and it was nice to slide around, this no doubt helped by intermittent raining. Though expected but still a little irritating it was to find how the car understeered on initial turn in. It was especially apparent as I had a chance to try out the new MX5 back-to-back and while being much "wallowier" it was actually turning in with more want, this probably helped by it's lighter weight too.
So this Saturday I finally came about to sorting it out and went to an alignment place. First we've checked the settings and it was in factory specs, around zero camber in front and about zero toe front and back. Tried what's possible with factory adjustments and as expected couldn't get more than a half degree camber in front, so astutely bought Powerflex camber bolts came out of the box and were put in place to give the desired 1 degree camber angle. We've also dialled a slight toe out (0*04' each side) in the front and adjusted rear for precise zero toe. While I haven't had a chance to go to the track yet, the difference is even apparent on the roads, especially doing 180 degree turns, the car does turn in much better. A little change maybe but a tangible one at that.
But this car is all about fun driving it and on this note I went to a local autodrome a few weeks ago to have some. It was all good, the track is small with tight turns, more of a karting track really and it was nice to slide around, this no doubt helped by intermittent raining. Though expected but still a little irritating it was to find how the car understeered on initial turn in. It was especially apparent as I had a chance to try out the new MX5 back-to-back and while being much "wallowier" it was actually turning in with more want, this probably helped by it's lighter weight too.
So this Saturday I finally came about to sorting it out and went to an alignment place. First we've checked the settings and it was in factory specs, around zero camber in front and about zero toe front and back. Tried what's possible with factory adjustments and as expected couldn't get more than a half degree camber in front, so astutely bought Powerflex camber bolts came out of the box and were put in place to give the desired 1 degree camber angle. We've also dialled a slight toe out (0*04' each side) in the front and adjusted rear for precise zero toe. While I haven't had a chance to go to the track yet, the difference is even apparent on the roads, especially doing 180 degree turns, the car does turn in much better. A little change maybe but a tangible one at that.
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