Hi all,

I just bought some new tyres (Bridgestone Potenza RE760s), and they're fantastic. I had them put on my 8 today, along with new brake pads (and an oil change, state inspection, and tech-inspection for a track-day I'm attending two weeks from now). But when it came to my alignment, my mechanic (whom I trust implicitly) recommended I get some numbers from you guys.

You see, he doesn't have (in his computerized alignment gizmo) a pre-set for RX-8 numbers, and so he doesn't know the best numbers to use when aligning my car. This is for 95% road use (occasional twisties, mostly straight city-and-highway driving), and the very occasional autocross or track event. I'm not interested in running high camber, and preserving the tyre is important to me.

The tyres are the above-mentioned Potenza RE760s. The rest of the car is completely stock (springs, suspension, wheels, etc.)

He recommended I ask this forum (since we're all enthusiasts here, and some of you will be very knowledgeable about the car) for what you'd think to be ideal figures for the alignment, specifically:

Front Camber:
Front Caster:
Front Toe:
Rear Camber:
Rear Toe:

What are you running? What type of driving do you do? Any recommendations for what we should run on my car?

 

lots of really good info here..

Sticky

beers