A number of us were wondering how much the toe changes when changing the camber on our WRX's.

Darrin, at West End Alignment in Gardena, CA, did a bit of extra work for me to come up with these figures ...

With my NRX camber plates ... I have three degrees of camber range. At the moment I have mine set so I can go from - 1 to -4. But, without adjusting the toe ... I don't think one would ever want to use all of that range. Going from from -1 to -4 ... the total toe will change 9/8th of an inch!

So, for every degree of (negative) camber change ... there is 3/8th of an inch change in toe.

I had Darrin set my alignment so that I have 1/8th inch total toe-IN at -2.5 camber. At -3.5 camber, I have 1/4 inch (2/8th) toe-OUT. At -4.0 camber ... I would have a whopping 7/16th ... almost 1/2 inch of total toe-out.

Is that TOO MUCH toe-out to ever consider using in AX ... ? I'm hoping - 3.5 will be my "general" AX camber setting. How much toe-out would most of you consider desirable ?

When I set my camber plates for zero toe ... about -2.8+, my WRX, with Azenis tires, tends to wander ... especially on grooved Fwys. Seems like the car wants a bit of toe to have straight line stability.

Next ... calibrating my tie rods so I can adjust my toe ...

The amount of toe change will also vary depending on how much caster you have.

Originally posted by makofoto
A number of us were wondering how much the toe changes when changing the camber on our WRX's.

I had Darrin set my alignment so that I have 1/8th inch total toe-IN at -2.5 camber. At -3.5 camber, I have 1/4 inch (2/8th) toe-OUT. At -4.0 camber ... I would have a whopping 7/16th ... almost 1/2 inch of total toe-out.

Is that TOO MUCH toe-out to ever consider using in AX ... ? I'm hoping - 3.5 will be my "general" AX camber setting. How much toe-out would most of you consider desirable ?

I did a time trial with just under 1.75" toe out (total). I was not a happy camper. Car all over the place under brakes, weird understeer etc

Originally posted by afpdl
The amount of toe change will also vary depending on how much caster you have.

it may also not be linear, hehe

I forgot to say that in our "test" ... we double checked the calculated toe with three camber positions ... and they corresponded perfectly ...

Originally posted by jmott
it may also not be linear, hehe

As long as your caster stays constant I dont see why it wouldnt be linear?