Geometry Setup for Fast Raod/Trackdays

[Skeeter]

Hey

After giving my 172 'the beans' around some twisties and roundabouts yesterday I have noticed that I can feel the outside front tyre leaning on the sidewall when cornering, and loosing grip. It feels like it wants to understeer and then bumps or undulations can cause it to skip a little sideways. I belive this is due to having no camber on the front wheels and the tyre leaning over on its outside edge.

Firstly, am I right with this assumption?

If so, then I assume putting a few degrees of camber on the front would solve this. I no longer use my 172 daily so now only use it for 'fun' and will be tracking it soon. What would you guys recommend I do to the geometry for this? Camber front and back? or is it best to go to a specialist and ask them to set it up for fast road and track use?

Which leads nicely onto my 3rd question, does anyone know of any geometry specialists in Hampshire or Wiltshire who would be able to set this up for me, and not empty my wallet at the same time

Cheers

 

[Earpl]

Stupid question..... Have you checked your tyre pressure?

 

[Skeeter]

Yep. They are new tyres all round. Before I had some uber budget ditchfinders on and the car would understeer way before stressing the sidewalls as there was so little grip. The new tyres have highlighted the lean on the sidewall.

I see you can buy some Camber bolts to put some on the front. Does the Clio come with the ability to add camber as stock, or is it just fixed at factory settings unless you add bolts?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Mine is set to -2.8 front, -1.8 rear (as standard lol), with parallel toe on the front.

Probably a bit extreme for daily, so id recommend -2 on the front, then standard on the rear.

 

[Jamie86]

For getting it setup try Neil Garner in Kemble thats where I will be going soon..

Hear nothing but rave reviews of his work..

http://www.neilgarner.co.uk/

(Ex race mechanic including F1 so knows his sausages)

Agree with Dave on -2 on the front thats what I run but you will need camber bolts.. get them from Venom motorsport are half the price of some renault tuners!

 

[spanishfly]

venom motorsport is a good link, nice one.

 

[Skeeter]

Do the camber bolts give a fixed degree of camber, or are they adjustable?

 

[mikeh]

I'd imagine they were just cam/snail bolts, so are adjustable.

 

[skydiver]

Mine is set to, -1.8 rear (as standard lol), with parallel toe on the front.

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Which car, are you talking about??