Alignment settings

[KpaBap]

I find it hard to believe that no one has came up with a set of good alignment settings for the Protege. So just out of curiosity, I decided to ask.

What are good alignment settings for the Protege? heh.
All this talk of great handling and whatnot, yet I don't see anyone talk about alignments. Surely, a good custom alignment can make a night and day difference in the way a car behaves under a cornering load and while going in a straight line. Over at miata.net people have gone to great lenghts to figure out a good set of settings for different sorts of situations, we have OceanRagtop's settings which he has so conveniently broken up into 4 categories for us: sedate highway machine, daily driver, canyon blaster, and the cornering machine. Sure enough a good precission alignment made a very pronounced and noticeable difference in the way my car behaved.

So post 'em up.

 

[vodapas77]

Here's the recomended settings for the MSP I don't know if that is what you're looking for. But, it couldn't hurt to post them up.

02-002/02 MAZDASPEED PROTEGE - TOE-IN SPECIFICATION ADJUSTMENT DURING PDI

APPLICABLE MODEL(S)/VINS

All 2003 and 2003.5 MAZDASPEED Protege models

DESCRIPTION

The MAZDASPEED versions of the Protege models requires less toe-in than the settings provided at the factory for both front and rear. At the time of pre-delivery inspection, the total toe-in setting must be reduced to the setting outlined in this bulletin.

NOTE: The purpose of the toe settings below is to provide a slight " total toe-out " condition.

TOE-IN ADJUSTMENT INFORMATION

Adjust tire inflation pressures to 32 PSI cold for both front and rear tires.

On the alignment rack, reduce total toe-in to the following specification.

Front total toe-in (-1.0 1.0 mm, -0.04 0.04 in, -06' 6')

Rear total toe-in (-1.0 1.0 mm, -0.04 0.04 in, -06' 6')

Inspect that the following settings are still within specification.

Caster angle (Front: 201' 1)

Kingpin angle (Front: 1259')

Camber angle (Front: -058' 1)

Camber angle (Rear: -048' 1)

Verify adjustment.

PDI CLAIM INFORMATION

The PDI time has been increased for the MAZDASPEED Protege model to include the toe adjust alignment procedure. Do not enter claim for the alignment procedure when performing PDI for this vehicle.

 

[tranzformer]

could the same go for the p5, or is that different because of the added weight??

 

[dmitrik4]

there are a ton of alignment threads...just do a search. most end up in the racing/motorsports forum b/c of the autoXers.

for the record, my settings are:

street
F: -.5 deg camber, +3 deg caster, 0 toe
R: -.5 deg camber, 0 deg toe

autoX
F: -.5 deg camber (soon to be -3 deg), +3 deg caster, +.125 inch toe (out)
R: -.5 deg camber, +.125 inch toe(out)

 

[DistantTea]

My autocross alignment:

-2.4 degrees camber Zero Toe front
-1 degree camber +.25" Toe rear

But thats with coilovers and sway bars set to kill and all kinds of icky nonstreetable things.

 

[dmitrik4]

see now, i thought STX cars were supposed to be streetable?(poke)