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Geo Settings for s2
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:32 pm
by craigs135s
Need to get the Geo looked at on the s2. what should it be set at?
Cheers
Craig
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:28 pm
by GregR
Ride Height F/R 130/130mm
Steering axis inclination 12°
Front Castor +3.8°
Front Camber -0.1°
Front alignment/toe 0.2mm OUT Overall
Rear Camber -1.8°
Rear alignment/toe 1.2mm IN each side
Hope that helps,
Greg
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:43 pm
by simon
Depends what you want from it, I have -1.1° front camber on mine for track use and a lot of it is personal preference too.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:09 am
by Shug
Craig's having worries about it feeling vague, so I suggested making sure the geo is as factory first, then he can go about tailoring it.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:44 pm
by craigs135s
I have just got new tyers on the rear and that has made a big diffrance. Just go's to show what new rubber can do for a car
And also what sh*t tyers the steeler put on it.
Cheers
Craig
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:46 pm
by r055
does the fact that your ride height is lower than standard have an effect on what geometry setting should be?
I was thinking on playing around with settings too.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:52 pm
by craigs135s
You might already have a track set up. if you can get in contact with the guy you bought the car from he could tell you what he got it set at
Cheers
Craig
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:59 pm
by r055
no chance.
i asked him at the time and he didnt know what a geometry check was!
i'll need to trace it down through all of the SELOC owners.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:03 pm
by craigs135s
Did he put the suspension on the car?
Cheers
Craig
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:05 pm
by r055
no - that was 2 owners ago!
the guy that i bought it from only had it from March 06 to Sept 06... and did feck all with it - apart from add a few thousand miles and wear the advans down!
I've U2U'd the previous SELOC owner
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:12 pm
by mckeann
Willie at CLCM has the standard settings on his machine. Its only if you want something tweaked that you need to know what the settings are. If you dont do trackwork then stick with lotus settings i say.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:39 pm
by robin
What front tyre width do you have? If 175 then I agree with McApe that leaving it standard is just fine until you intend doing lots of track days.
If you have 195 on the front then I think you could happily go as much as -0.3 degrees without taking anything away from road handling.
If you're going down the R tyre route you'll want as much front camber as you can get - on the S2 you often cannot get more than about -0.4 without machining the plinths.
Cheers,
Robin
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:22 pm
by mac
Robin is your previous post missing a 1?
I'm running -1.6 on the S2 and I think Simon A is running about -1.1 or something similar.
Cheers
Mac
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:30 pm
by simon
Yep, said in my earlier post I'm at -1.1 but I can't get any more than that without doing as Robin said and machining the plinths.
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:48 pm
by robin
-1.6 is way too much for road tyres.
I am running -0.4 with the R tyres (I would have liked a little more but couldn't get it without machining) - even so it doesn't seem to be too slow
But each to his own - I am sure other people have all sorts of settings that suit them, some with more camber, some with less
Cheers,
Robin