986 S Alignment
Discussion
Morning All,
Next weekend's job is going to be sorting the alignment, now that the wheels have been refurbed and new tyres have been fitted.
(Last weekend's job was CV boots and the weekend before that was hard brake pipes and braided hoses all round, so it's slowly getting to where I want it to be)
Does anyone have any recommendations for alignment settings beyond the factory standard?
I'm guessing that mine's currently some way off being right, as the wheel is off to the left slightly when travelling straight and it just doesn't feel all that good to me in terms of feel / handling.
It's a daily driver, so I'm not looking for anything extreme, I just want it to be right / good and if anyone has experience of anything improving on how it comes out of the box I'd be keen to hear.
Cheers
Next weekend's job is going to be sorting the alignment, now that the wheels have been refurbed and new tyres have been fitted.
(Last weekend's job was CV boots and the weekend before that was hard brake pipes and braided hoses all round, so it's slowly getting to where I want it to be)
Does anyone have any recommendations for alignment settings beyond the factory standard?
I'm guessing that mine's currently some way off being right, as the wheel is off to the left slightly when travelling straight and it just doesn't feel all that good to me in terms of feel / handling.
It's a daily driver, so I'm not looking for anything extreme, I just want it to be right / good and if anyone has experience of anything improving on how it comes out of the box I'd be keen to hear.
Cheers
Off the top of my head, the usual advice is to max out the front negative camber (the strut mounts are slotted and should give about -1 degree, give or take), zero toe, and rear settings as per Porsche factory settings.
This is what I did on my 987 Cayman, which I think is pretty similar to the 986. This is far from radical (my local OPC was happy to do this) but it sharpens up the turn in nicely with no downsides.
We had another 987 Cayman that also had a small amount of front toe out, which felt even better in terms of reduced understeer, but the penalty was a slight loss of straight line stability and tyre edge wear which would be a problem on a daily driver.
Both were road use only with no track day use, which would need more -ve camber to avoid tyre edge wear.
I'm sure the experts will be along soon to chip in.
This is what I did on my 987 Cayman, which I think is pretty similar to the 986. This is far from radical (my local OPC was happy to do this) but it sharpens up the turn in nicely with no downsides.
We had another 987 Cayman that also had a small amount of front toe out, which felt even better in terms of reduced understeer, but the penalty was a slight loss of straight line stability and tyre edge wear which would be a problem on a daily driver.
Both were road use only with no track day use, which would need more -ve camber to avoid tyre edge wear.
I'm sure the experts will be along soon to chip in.
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