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JP
You are absolutely correct, what I am doing with this car at nearly 69 years old is probably a big waste of time and money to most folks, but it sure is fun. I have no intention of becoming a top AXer or anything else relative to driving at this point. I am just having a shit load of fun at Marina and Santa Maria aiports. At the AX last Saturday, my time was 3rd in class, .348 of a second from 1st. With that said, I am looking to find .347 of a second, which will put a bigger smile on my face. So, here is what I have:
Stock torsion bars (I assume)
19mm Tarrett front sway bar, rear stock sway bar off.
Rebuilt calibers, R4-S pads, new rotors, new Bilstien strut inserts and sport shocks.
I have coil overs for the rear with 225 lb springs on the way.
I am running 205 50 15 A6s on 5.5 wheels, but my 7s should be here today.
The engine is a 2270 by McMark and is running very strong.
Rear camber is about 1mm, which is with all the plates removed. Toe-in about 1 mm measured with a string setup
Front toe in about 1.5mm measured the same way. I haven't touched the camber.
I do want to keep this car fairly street driveable, but focused more on AXes, and not spending all my retirement money. Hope that gives you the story of what I am trying to achieve. Just trying to have fun for as long as it puts a grin on my face.
I'll chime in here, as a guy who has had a streetable car that also can do okay
for autocross. I don't worry about buying $5000 shocks or using lasers to set
the car up. IMO unless you are an awesome driver and trailering the car
everywhere, you won't want to do the serious things that would need to be done.
Here's what I have: (mostly basic stuff)
Front:
21mm torsion bar
small (19mm?) sway bar set very loose
koni single-adjustable shocks
camber plates that allow 2deg camber without cutting chassis
Rear:
180lb springs
no sway bar
Bilstein non-adj sport shocks with slots for adjusting perch height
removed all shims giving 2deg neg camber
Wheels/Tires:
Fuchs-center 3-pc 7.5x16", offset ~35mm
Kumho V710 215/40/16
I think I tried for 0 toe on both front and rear.
The car is a -6 so the weight distribution is a little different than yours.
I don't see why you would bother with front coil-overs. Try to get more
camber (but you will wear out the street tires sooner on the inside edge).
Set the ride height a little lower than stock, get the bump steer rack spacers
(cheap), and get scales and set up the corner weights if you can. Make
sure your shift-linkage is as good as it can be.