Hello from Northern California

[nova6speed]

Adrian,

One observation from your pictures, it looks like you could use a little more camber gain. Who's front clip is that? If they are a sponsor hopefully they will share the camber gain spec. I think you may need to go to a tall upper ball joint, if its in the budget a taller spindle might make more sence. Car looks good, its nice to see you using it.

Very good observations...I have a TCI coilover front end that I purchased back in 2005. TCI and other companies have better front ends out for Novas right now for autoX and road racing, but you just can't keep up with technology so I have to run what I got. I emailed some pics to TCI, we'll see what we can do to improve my car. My brother was a front end tech for many years. He and I adjusted the front end, but this was the most we could do with what we have...

I changed my front end alignment as track ready as I could. Caster 4 deg, Camber 1.5 deg negative and toe out 1/8 inch. I maxed out my camber and still had outside tire wear issues. I constantly checked tire wear and pressure after every session. But as you can see from the pics, the front tires would not plant evenly on the road.



Your not the first person to mention a taller spindle or longer upper ball joints, or even modifying the upper A arms in order to keep the front tires planted. I would like to participate in a Run to Event in 2012. I took notes on what was needed to improve my car this winter at the Thunderhill event. Before I run a road course again, I'm going to make some changes in order to make my car safer and handle better. TCI has been very good to me, I'm sure we'll make it better.

I'm new to the road racing world, so any feedback is greatly appreciated...thanks!