Tire pressure on cambered wheels
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I need some advise on correct tire pressure with my camber setup. I have 7 degrees negative on the front running 245/45r17 on continental extreme contact dws 06's (Z rated) . The rear tires have 2 degrees negative running 275/40r17 on tigerpaws with wheel spacers. This is on my 01 ford svt mustang cobra. Any help or ideas would be awesome!
Wow thanks for making me feel like an idiot lol, is amazing what a missing period will do too some specs. The revised numbers are .7 on the front and .2 on the rear. I'm not even sure what a whole 7 degrees would look like. And yes I do have after market suspension and camber plates, but they are set to the minimum allowances. I only increase the rear settings if I'm going out drifting, which is rare as of late.
This is not exactly you average car even for a cobra, the (quick) list of mods are as follows. T56 six speed, flow master H pipes, JLT intake, and the before mentioned suspension. The rebuilt engine only has about 8k on it. Installed lifters, rockers, and timing with ford race parts. 106300 comp cams (stage 3) and livernoise springs. 22cc dished cut pistons, manley H rods, and a forged crank for a 2015 GT. (This is the MMR 4.75L stroker kit) it's been ported polished blueprinted and balanced to 8%. Running 11.5 to 1 compression. Chiped and dynotuned. What are my specs...? Not enough, it's getting a super charger this summer, haven't decided if it's getting a blower or a pro charger yet, any ideas?
Edited by Cobrafan05 on Tuesday 9th February 21:35
TooMany2cvs said:
He's a Leftpondian. I think the plate on the barge says South Carolina. Which, having been there, would explain quite a lot.
Close, North Carolina, we usually head up to the Blue Ridge parkway in the Boone area. Search Lynn Ridge viaduct. Beautiful scenery, steep drops, no guardrails. It's as back woods as you can get. Good roads once the snow melts. If you don't go home feeling shaky, you haven't had fun.I think we've gotten off track, what I was looking for was someone who had a rear wheel drive car pushing a modest amount of bhp, and find out what they ran on theirs. I'm looking "across the pond" trying to avoid the usual "back in '93 I had a..." stories and the "you need to take the IRS off and put on a live axle" lines I've heard recently. Not that they are unappreciated... But I wasn't looking for nonsense charts and formulas, I can find those quite fine from where I'm sitting.lol where I live most of what I encounter is people who either don't know what a camber plate is, or those who own ricers whose wheels sit sideways for some reason. These last couple days were entertaining though to say the least. I did appreciate the honest answers received. Now if we can wrap this up, I'd like to hear from a couple more of the forum trolls, that was about the best part.
Toltec said:
I'm no expert on suspension and what I know is more related to lighter cars so bearing that in mind...
You might be better looking at your toe settings to get better turn in and softening the front anti roll bar (sway bar?) should give you more front end grip. I take it you are trying to get a heavy car around some tight corners and are getting understeer on turn in? Do you trail any brake past turn?
I'm usually trying to get the braking out if the way before the turn so I can swing the back out, need more stability on the front so the back doesn't jerk it out on the apex of it's swingYou might be better looking at your toe settings to get better turn in and softening the front anti roll bar (sway bar?) should give you more front end grip. I take it you are trying to get a heavy car around some tight corners and are getting understeer on turn in? Do you trail any brake past turn?
SlimJim16v said:
Comes on looking for free advice - yes
Gets his own specs wrong - yes
Posts in the wrong sub-forum - yes
Moans about the advice he does get - yes
Complains about Trolling - yes
Hmmm!
I don't think that's all,I feel I've missed one along the way.it can't be where I lose my temper and go on a rage and such,I always save that for last. Quick I need someone to tell me how much better their car is than mine so we can get into an argument! Bring it lolGets his own specs wrong - yes
Posts in the wrong sub-forum - yes
Moans about the advice he does get - yes
Complains about Trolling - yes
Hmmm!
All I have to do to break traction is goose the throttle, no brakeing needed, with no straight areas of road for the most part, it's immediate transition from turn to turn. The goal is for the tires to stay spinning the whole time and just sling the back around the other direction. I'm probably not getting over about 40kph, straight up and down the mountain, lots of switch backs where your looking over your shoulder to see the road ahead
Red Devil said:
I doubt it on the Blue Ridge Parkway. AIUI, the max speed is a paltry 45mph: less in some places.
Did a search for Lynn Ridge viaduct and it came up as Linn Cove - http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/v.php?pg=873
A drive across it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsnNcMNnyoQ
That's the general area, though I don't think we've ever paid much attention to the speed limits.I lived up there for a while, the cops may ride out through the back roads a couple times a year unless someone calls for them. I don't think you understand exactly how isolated the area is.Did a search for Lynn Ridge viaduct and it came up as Linn Cove - http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/v.php?pg=873
A drive across it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsnNcMNnyoQ
TooMany2cvs said:
40kph? 25mph?
Sorry, this sheep of hit has so little grip that it's going everywhere at the sorts of speeds people can run at, the sorts of speeds even I can ride a bloody bicycle at?
Jesus, no wonder you want advice on making the damn thing handle.
Did you misunderstand when they were talking about "castor", and rob a shopping trolley?
I guess you didn't pick up on the fact that we go drifting. We usually take an extra set of tires to throw on for the trip home. I was looking for possibly some pointers on a different setup than the one I ran before I returned it to oem, but I'm beginning to suspect that some of you have never owned a car much less one that could make 400 hp. What do you drive? A fiat? Lol wait let me guess... A Honda lmfao. I'm starting to feel sorry for ya. I'm starting to run into problems like not being able to add any more hp till I get some 315's in the back. The guy down the road from me has a, I think it's a 2012, super snake that makes 960 at the wheels with about 20 ipb of boost. Now while I'm not trying for all that with my aluminum block,I hope to put down about 550 come summertime. Now let's hear from someone with a real car... I'm waitingSorry, this sheep of hit has so little grip that it's going everywhere at the sorts of speeds people can run at, the sorts of speeds even I can ride a bloody bicycle at?
Jesus, no wonder you want advice on making the damn thing handle.
Did you misunderstand when they were talking about "castor", and rob a shopping trolley?
R8VXF said:
Got an LSA in my car. Is that "man enough" for you? You are coming across as a bit of a bellend tbh, but try posting in the correct area of the forum and you will actually get some semi-serious answers. Though I guess Yankees still haven't learnt what sarcasm is.
Not a clue about suspension settings though.
Sorry wss trying to be sarcastic in turn but smartphone has defeated me.gimme a min. I should probably be doing this on laptop lolNot a clue about suspension settings though.
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