Member Profile - jay.ritchie - 3RB to Golf R

[bosc0]

Silent bob... can you message me what you paid for all that via out dear asian mate?

[paggaz]

Nice! All of those getting installed at once should make a world of difference!

[Robbks]

I must say I don;t like those toe figures.
I've always had a liking for zero toe on a road car
allows extra camber without the wear, not quite as nice in a straight line but they seem to change direction better.

then I had a good long chat with a local aligner who spent countless hours under subies over the last 20 years and his advice was the same.
zero toe and a bit more camber than stock all round. plus a bump in pressures to get them off the edges of the tyres.
Gen4 and newer WRX chassis design doesn't really need too much extra camber as the extra caster induces more camber when turning anyway.

[jakey]

Jay I want to go for a drive with you once you get that installed- plus the weather is nice now!

Also any news on cannons?

[jay.ritchie]

I must say I don;t like those toe figures.
I've always had a liking for zero toe on a road car
allows extra camber without the wear, not quite as nice in a straight line but they seem to change direction better.

then I had a good long chat with a local aligner who spent countless hours under subies over the last 20 years and his advice was the same.
zero toe and a bit more camber than stock all round. plus a bump in pressures to get them off the edges of the tyres.
Gen4 and newer WRX chassis design doesn't really need too much extra camber as the extra caster induces more camber when turning anyway.

I’m listening, but the set up as it is now, drives like a dream on proper roads- all suspension mods have purely been for the improvement of handling, i would never have put it on coil overs otherwise, thus why i’m not worried about camber wear running -3!

I can’t wait for the new gear to go in as well to toughen everything up.

[jay.ritchie]

Jay I want to go for a drive with you once you get that installed- plus the weather is nice now!

Also any news on cannons?

Kinglake has been a bit quiet for the past couple of months! Will definitely be getting back out there shortly.
Genome’s are hopefully mine. We will see!

[jakey]

When are you installing? Let's go out this week or something

[jay.ritchie]

When are you installing? Let's go out this week or something

Monday for the whiteline stuff. Not sure about the front sway though, i might do it myself (depends how much they charge).

I finish uni for the year on Friday so probably the week after!

[3rspecb]

Awesome work Jay. Just remember that opinions are just that. If you like the current alignment settings, then keep them as it your car/driving style. I runs similar alignment settings to you but have more aggressive toe settings as I like the car that way. Rotating the wheels frequently help reduce premature camber wear As Rob mentioned, tyre pressures make a.massive difference to handling so experiment and then keep to what you like.

[jay.ritchie]

Awesome work Jay. Just remember that opinions are just that. If you like the current alignment settings, then keep them as it your car/driving style. I runs similar alignment settings to you but have more aggressive toe settings as I like the car that way. Rotating the wheels frequently help reduce premature camber wear As Rob mentioned, tyre pressures make a.massive difference to handling so experiment and then keep to what you like.

Thanks mate. the works are currently wrapped in Achilles 123 which are a kind of semi slick road tyre, i usually run them at 36psi but some experimentation with that might show up something i like better!
Can’t wait for the roads to warm up over summer and get some heat into those tyres!

[jay.ritchie]

A photo after the new plates went on!

[owen]

get some heat into those tyres!

Drive it harder

[jay.ritchie]

get some heat into those tyres!

Drive it harder

Wheels will fall off.

[jay.ritchie]

I may or may not have just bought some STI Genome’s...

[jakey]

I may or may not have just bought some STI Genome’s...

Fantastic!.. THANKS JAKEY FOR THE GREAT IDEA