kinje01 Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Bless me Father for I have sinned - I bought a Supra! This is my first post on this board so hello to all you regulars. I have a '94 J-spec TT manual in the fastest available colour, i.e. black, but my front tyres are wearing fairly heavily on the inside shoulders. There is what appears to be camber adjustment on the lower wishbones, by means of eccentric bushes- is this standard and what is the recommended setting? And for toe-in or out as the case may be. Tyres are 17" Yokos of some sort. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Hi Kinje01 and welcome to the board. You might want to check out http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/lance_alignment/index.html As I understand that there are a few people on here running with this setup without any complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinje01 Posted December 12, 2002 Author Share Posted December 12, 2002 Thanks Pete, that at least gives me something to compare with. At present the fronts have so much neg camber they look as though they belong on an F1 car. Turns in nicely though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 12, 2002 Share Posted December 12, 2002 Out of interest, have you checked your tyre pressures too?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinje01 Posted December 12, 2002 Author Share Posted December 12, 2002 Yeah, pressures are fine, currently running 33psi front and rear after finding the 36psi recommended in my (American?) handbook wore the centre of the rears more than the edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Have you checked tracking? ie. toe-in or toe-out? On my last car the tracking was way out causing inside tread to completely wear away, I had complete slicks on inside tread before I realised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as5606 Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 When I got my Supra earlier in the year it had badly worn insides to the front tyres. I went to a few places to get the 4 wheel alignment done but every refused to do it or didn't have the equipment. Went to Toyota in the end and paid £65+vat to have it done. New tyres that are on now are not doing this again so can assume that the alignment was at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 I found that my front tyres were wearing on the outside shoulder as opposed to the inside but, once Toyota did the 4 wheel alignment this stopped. They would not setup my car with Lance's settings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dunk Shaw Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Hi Kinje, Welcome to the club, hope you get you tyre wear prob sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinje01 Posted December 13, 2002 Author Share Posted December 13, 2002 Thanks everybody, I guess the Toyota route is probably the way to go, at least to get a basis for further experiment. Has anybody who's had a Toyota set-up used their car on a circuit? Was it any good? Did excessive udersteer rear its ugly head? Done two trackdays recently, current set-up works pretty well, turns in on command, understeer really only noticeable when turning in too fast on a trailing throttle. There's a good, if expensive, (£195) trackday at Bedford Autodrome on 25th Jan if anyone's interested. See http://www.clubautodrome.com for details. Price includes a short outing in an F2000 single-seater, a great experience. Cheers, Back to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 Originally posted by kinje01 Thanks everybody, I guess the Toyota route is probably the way to go, at least to get a basis for further experiment. Has anybody who's had a Toyota set-up used their car on a circuit? Was it any good? Did excessive udersteer rear its ugly head? Done two trackdays recently, current set-up works pretty well, turns in on command, understeer really only noticeable when turning in too fast on a trailing throttle. There's a good, if expensive, (£195) trackday at Bedford Autodrome on 25th Jan if anyone's interested. See http://www.clubautodrome.com for details. Price includes a short outing in an F2000 single-seater, a great experience. Cheers, Back to work. I have extensive experience of setting up MKIV's for track day usage. I have settings and even custom suspension consisting of re valved Koni shocks and custom variable rate springs. There are users on here who have reported on their opinions of this set up, search the archives. If you want to discuss my setting up the car or modding the suspension contact details are in my sig. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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