G37 Track/Autocross/Daily Alignment

Whittie

Well, I went and got the alignment on Friday. Final specs:

Front
-2.4 degrees camber
- 0 toe
- 7.4 degrees caster

Caster is maxed at that camber. With the car running at stock height, the control arms are bottomed out on the adjuster to reach that level, to get more camber I would have to sacrifice caster, etc.

Rear:
- 2.0 degrees camber
- 0.03 degrees toe

There was some miscommunication with the rear toe where I had asked for 1/32 toe in and they interpreted that as 1/32 of a degree, not 1/32 of an inch. Bit of a mistake on both sides, but I didn't know what 1/32 was supposed to be in degrees so I figured it's still toe in and just leave it. Turns out that 1/32 is about 0.8 degrees, so it's got way less rear toe. I won't take it back just yet, I'll try the setup at an event first and see how taily it is, if it's bad then I'll get it adjusted.

I was able to find a couple of pretty nice freeway on-ramps over the weekend and the front is FAR better than before! I was pulling higher G-force that before the alignment without any of that washout understeer. I wasn't going 10/10 as it was a public road, but next event is Saturday and I'm expecting a great change from the really horrible understeer the car used to have.

If I need to change the toe, I'm thinking about maybe picking up one of these:
Align Your Car With SmartStrings, SmartCamber | Smart Racing Products

Probably over-kill, but would allow me to fiddle with the car whenever I like without forking over $100 each time.