iwannadrive
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- Mar 20, 2010
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN
Just wondering what you guys run, and also I suppose what techniques you use to measure the toe, on these things.
I have my camber maxed out on the stock strut mounts and strut towers, and pretty soon I'll throw on a set of widened control arms and tie rod ends (I know - ghetto, but it was before I realized camber plates would be a better use of my money) for moar camber and caster. Mainly I'm just wondering what you guys run for toe specs. This is my daily driver, but I autocross it and drive it pretty hard too
Some relevant specs on my car:
'83 Volvo 244 Turbo
- 15x6 ET25 Virgo wheels with crappy 195/60 no-seasons
- basically stock suspension minus 1.5 coils in the front (soon to be a little lower in front and rear)
stuff coming soon:
- good bilstein or decarbon struts coming sometime in the next few weeks (can't complain for free!)
- ~1/2 inch widened control arms going on as soon as I get new CAB's (with new ball-joint holes for moar caster)
- wagon rear springs cut to slight rake
- 16mm wagon rear swaybar
- 23+21mm dual front sway bar setup with new bushings
- nearly new 195/55/15 star specs on the virgos
- probably will also weld up a strut brace and strut-to-firewall braces as well, and possibly a lower "cherry turbo" type brace sometime soonish too.
- possibly/probably coilover sleeves with 250ish # springs too, depending on what I can find for cheapish
I'm thinking I might try 1/16 or 1/8th inch of toe-out up front for more rotation and better turn-in.
Thoughts? What worked best for your 240?
Also, how did you measure toe on your 240? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this.
I have my camber maxed out on the stock strut mounts and strut towers, and pretty soon I'll throw on a set of widened control arms and tie rod ends (I know - ghetto, but it was before I realized camber plates would be a better use of my money) for moar camber and caster. Mainly I'm just wondering what you guys run for toe specs. This is my daily driver, but I autocross it and drive it pretty hard too
Some relevant specs on my car:
'83 Volvo 244 Turbo
- 15x6 ET25 Virgo wheels with crappy 195/60 no-seasons
- basically stock suspension minus 1.5 coils in the front (soon to be a little lower in front and rear)
stuff coming soon:
- good bilstein or decarbon struts coming sometime in the next few weeks (can't complain for free!)
- ~1/2 inch widened control arms going on as soon as I get new CAB's (with new ball-joint holes for moar caster)
- wagon rear springs cut to slight rake
- 16mm wagon rear swaybar
- 23+21mm dual front sway bar setup with new bushings
- nearly new 195/55/15 star specs on the virgos
- probably will also weld up a strut brace and strut-to-firewall braces as well, and possibly a lower "cherry turbo" type brace sometime soonish too.
- possibly/probably coilover sleeves with 250ish # springs too, depending on what I can find for cheapish
I'm thinking I might try 1/16 or 1/8th inch of toe-out up front for more rotation and better turn-in.
Thoughts? What worked best for your 240?
Also, how did you measure toe on your 240? I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this.