MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Fast road alignment
Post by: Mikey1p on October 29, 2017, 09:27:34 pm

Hi all. Just joined the forum and getting to grips with it. I've got a mk2 Leon tfsi  (shares chassis with mk5)  and looking for a good fast road alignment set up for track.  Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance


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Title: Re: Fast road alignment
Post by: colesey on October 30, 2017, 05:46:46 am

Mikey, you’re going to need 1.5 to 2.5 deg of neg camber on the front depending on how road / track oriented you want to be.  Expect inner tyre wear and tram-lining on the more extreme settings.

To achieve this, you will need either superpro adjustable ball joints (which ime give @1.5) or adjustable top mounts (>2). Not sure if you already have either or indeed have upgraded your springs / dampers / arbs.

You will also find that a small amount of toe out instead of toe in will make the car turn in quicker.