Tracking and Camber Settings
Tracking and Camber Settings
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ridds

Original Poster:

8,366 posts

267 months

Monday 9th February 2004
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Anyone know them?

Toe In/Out
Camber Front/Rear
KPI
Castor

Ta

Julian64

14,325 posts

277 months

Monday 9th February 2004
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I'll try to look them up tonight, if you explain to me how you would attempt to do this in a home setting?

ridds

Original Poster:

8,366 posts

267 months

Monday 9th February 2004
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lol, Nope taking it to a garage with the kit but I want to be sure they set it up right and not just take settings from whoever supplied the machine.

Just to be 100%.

joospeed

4,473 posts

301 months

Monday 9th February 2004
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std setting is about 3/4 degree negative camber and 0-20 mins toe in total front and rear

Rob Dance

200 posts

262 months

Wednesday 28th July 2004
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Sorry to drag up an old topic,
finaly sorted a tyre, and have booked allignment/geometory check with a highly recomended supplier, who has all the kit,and aparently knows how to use it ( and doesen`t posess a pair of mole grips or a greasy alsation )!!

but he has no data for the cerb.

Will the numbers provided by Joolz (as above)provide the basic requirements to avoid scurfing the front tyres again?.... an expensive game !

joospeed

4,473 posts

301 months

Wednesday 28th July 2004
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they're not the figures i use, but they're pretty much the TVR figures .. so yup be prepared for inner tyre wear

whatever

2,174 posts

293 months

Wednesday 28th July 2004
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So what are the figures you use?

SXS 

2,068 posts

263 months

Thursday 29th July 2004
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Joo spends every minute of his life in that garage of his coming up with a number of config setups, and you think he's gonna splatter them on here?

Book the car in with him and get him to sort it out.

Knowledge is money!

Julian64

14,325 posts

277 months

Friday 30th July 2004
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[quote=SXS ]Joo spends every minute of his life in that garage of his coming up with a number of config setups, and you think he's gonna splatter them on here?

Book the car in with him and get him to sort it out.

Knowledge is money![/quote]

Very defeatest attitude you're preaching there SXS.

greenv8s

30,999 posts

307 months

Friday 30th July 2004
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Julian64 said:

Very defeatest attitude you're preaching there SXS.


He's got a good point though. No harm to ask, but this is Joolz' stock in trade, surely it is not in his interests to release detailed information about his suspension setups.

Julian64

14,325 posts

277 months

Friday 30th July 2004
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Not getting at the Jools, although I don't think jools is short of work.

Just that setup is quite a personal thing, and certainly Cerbs are very individual cars. I don't think there is any one setup that works for everything. I had my Cerb done at the dealers and hated it afterward, so progressively I've made small changes to settings, esp since getting the Nitrons. As long as you only make one change at a time and note what you've done you can't really go wrong. My car is boats better than a year ago when the dealer set it up.

My comments weren't directed at jools, just the lack of have a go attitude.

joospeed

4,473 posts

301 months

Saturday 31st July 2004
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Tell him your settings then Julian?

joke

Julian64

14,325 posts

277 months

Saturday 31st July 2004
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I haven't got any.

I have no idea how to measure angles at my wheel with any sort of accuracy, certainly not down to minutes of arc. But then when you cast a machinists eye over the kit they use at the local halfords you can see neither do they.

I just fiddle a bit then try then fiddle a bit then try. Each time if its better I keep it, if its worse I go back a step.

Simple, no measuring needed, and seems to work for me. But it does mean I don't have any absolute readings I could transfer to another car.

The only warning I would give someone else doing this is to record each change so you can go back if all goes wrong. Leave yourself a trail of breadcrumbs.

Do you have one set of settings that work for all customers then Joolz?

SXS 

2,068 posts

263 months

Saturday 31st July 2004
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Julian64 said:

Do you have one set of settings that work for all customers then Joolz?


The way I think Joo does it, is he has a variety of setups and variable factors in the setups, and the customer basically asks for a certain type of ride, whats important to the customer?, handling round twisties?, low speed drivability?, high speed drivability?, soft/subtle?, stiff?, drag?...
and then leave it with him, and bobs your uncle, you get what you asked for, recommended to get new tyres banged on too, so you can bed them in nicely with the new configuration....

joospeed

4,473 posts

301 months

Sunday 1st August 2004
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Julian64

14,325 posts

277 months

Monday 2nd August 2004
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[quote=SXS ]
Julian64 said:

Do you have one set of settings that work for all customers then Joolz?



The way I think Joo does it, is he has a variety of setups and variable factors in the setups, and the customer basically asks for a certain type of ride, whats important to the customer?, handling round twisties?, low speed drivability?, high speed drivability?, soft/subtle?, stiff?, drag?...
and then leave it with him, and bobs your uncle, you get what you asked for, recommended to get new tyres banged on too, so you can bed them in nicely with the new configuration....[/quote]

Exactly my point.