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    Spent 3 hours going over alignment again, to further experiment with the balance between high speed stability and cornering responsiveness. I had 12-14deg caster and it was super steady, but hard to corner. So today I went through it again, set 8deg caster, 0.8deg camber, 1/16" toe-in, cos I'm preparing for my first autocross event, and short-course cornering is important.

    Went out again after these changes, and it's certainly less stable but still good enough at 100mph, but cornering/steering much improved. I'll spend the month between now and autocross getting used to this setup..
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    FFR33 #997 (Gen1 chassis, Gen2 body), license plate DRIVE IT says it all! build thread
    My build: 350SBC, TKO600, hardtop, no fenders/hood, 32 grill, 3 link, sway bars, 355/30r19
    Previous cars: GTD40, Cobra, tubeframe 55 Chevy, 66 Nova, 56 F100

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    Quote Originally Posted by RoadRacer View Post
    Mileage 1695

    Spent 3 hours going over alignment again, to further experiment with the balance between high speed stability and cornering responsiveness. I had 12-14deg caster and it was super steady, but hard to corner. So today I went through it again, set 8deg caster, 0.8deg camber, 1/16" toe-in, cos I'm preparing for my first autocross event, and short-course cornering is important.

    Went out again after these changes, and it's certainly less stable but still good enough at 100mph, but cornering/steering much improved. I'll spend the month between now and autocross getting used to this setup..
    Where are you doing the autocross event James? Sounds like a blast.

    Jim

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