Who ever had my MX5 before, knew his stuff damn right!

"RotaryLover" (rotarylover) 03/19/2014 at 15:48 • Filed to: The ex-owner rocks!

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I went for a alignment on it and they said the car was already set the way I wanted it perfectly. These are the specs:

Front caster 5* to 6*
Front camber -1.0*
Front toe in total 0.07* (1/32")

Rear camber -1.6*
Rear toe in total 0.14* (1/16")

One thing less on my checklist!

YSI-what can brown do for you > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 15:51

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Does the NC have double wishbones all around?

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 15:52

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Good on them!

RotaryLover > YSI-what can brown do for you 03/19/2014 at 15:53

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Double A-arm setup in the front and a five-link setup in the rear like the RX8...sadly.

Brian Silvestro > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 16:02

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fuck yeah!

obligatory

YSI-what can brown do for you > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 16:02

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I got yeah. Double A-arms doesn't gain camber while 5-link does(slight) with load, correct? So wouldn't the front need more camber than the rear, or am I crazy?

RotaryLover > YSI-what can brown do for you 03/19/2014 at 16:13

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I'll be honest...I don't know much about suspension stuff like this. I did read a bit about it on the little gt2 user manual that I had...but other than that I'm clueless....yeah I know.

RotaryLover > Brian Silvestro 03/19/2014 at 16:14

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This is almost turning like YOLO lol

Brian Silvestro > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 16:15

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It is YOLO, just cooler and car-related.

YSI-what can brown do for you > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 16:18

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No its all good, I am pretty clueless too. I am just trying to set my car up right for the upcoming autocross season. So I am learning a bit here and there. I say you do it too because it can really make a difference when doing some enthusiastic driving!

RotaryLover > YSI-what can brown do for you 03/19/2014 at 16:35

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Well I check on forums. I know that if I wanna do autocross, I'll need more negative camber...but it's definitely not suitable for dding. My NA miata got a autocross setup and the tires just dies so fast on the sides that it isn't funny at all when you dd it. Lucky me, I know cheap used tire shops which change them for good used ones for 160-225$ on for 4 corners. It all depends on what you gonna do to the car. If you dd it, try to get a in-between.

Frank Grimes > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 17:49

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Is it just as expensive to have them set it to a non OEM spec as an OEM spec alignment? How do I find a good street but better than OEM alignment specs?

tromoly > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 18:27

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Why the front toe-in?

RotaryLover > Frank Grimes 03/19/2014 at 20:26

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Go on the Miata.net forum. That was the best spec for a stock suspension apparently. The OEM specs are too wide. I seriously suggest to do a Icehawk (might be too much on the tires, but damn the car turns sharply when you do it) or FM alignment on your Miata. http://www.miata.net/garage/align.h…

RotaryLover > tromoly 03/19/2014 at 20:27

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That's the best setting I found on the Miata.net forum for a stock suspension.

tromoly > RotaryLover 03/19/2014 at 21:34

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Huh, that may work on the street. On the track, having a touch of toe-out helps with turn-in for cornering, that's why I was wondering.

RotaryLover > tromoly 03/19/2014 at 21:49

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Yeah it's a dd setting.