350i geo settings

[Engineer1949]

now that the wqedge is all but finished (mot passed friday) just waiting for the rear part of the roof i am planning to get a full geo done but feel now all is fully adjustable some better settings might be achieved looking for track settings realy mostly sprints hillclimb plus the odd track day thoughts or experiences much appreciated.


john

[mk1fan]

Does that mean you'll be coming to Snetterton on the 19th of September?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Engineer1949]

unfortunatly not got a lot on prior to my annual holiday


john

[Engineer1949]

o.k made a decision on setting what do you folk think
front toe in parallel (to aid turning in)
front camber 2.0 degrees
front caster 3.5 degrees
rear toe in 3mm in
rear camber 1.5 degrees


john

[mrzigazaga]

Hi John.

Not too sure as regards to what you have set it to now but here is the generic setting for Wedges...Ignore if you knew this already...

The tracking should be set at 3.2mm toe-in +/- 1.5mm

Caster: 3.5 - 4.0 deg. pos.
Camber (F) 1.0 deg. neg.
Camber (R) 1.0 - 1.5 deg. neg.
Toe (in) (F) 0.50 deg.
Toe (in) (R) 2MM

2mm on 15inch rims = 0.30 degrees
2mm on 17inch rims = 0.27 degrees
Either way it's just a smidge toe in.

15 inch rims 3.2mm toe gives 0.24 degrees wheel to vehicle center-line or 0.48 degrees wheel to wheel.

14 inch rims 3.2mm toe gives 0.26 degrees wheel to vehicle center-line or 0.52 degrees wheel to wheel.

For the front
toe is 3.2 +/- 1.5mm
camber is 0 +/- 1.2 degres
caster is 31.2 +/- 0.5 degrees
KPI 6 degrees
For the rear
toe is 4.5mm
camber is 0.5 +/- 0.5 degrees

[Engineer1949]

cheers zig i had searched them out before but looking to get more track orientated what with my fully adjustable suspension, the bearing setup for the radius arm seem good so far but lots of testing to do before i am certain.


john

[mrzigazaga]

Sounds good mate...It will be interesting to hear how the car handles on a track once set up...Probably be like a go-kart..Hopefully a corner muncher...