GT3 Alignment - Who Do You Trust?

Old Feb 28, 2012 | 02:25 PM
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 02:36 PM
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John Behe of Behe perfromance... or at speed does a good job too I've heard depends if you're closer to Baltimore or Montgomery Co.

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New German Performance in Lorton, VA would be a good option to go with.
 
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PTuning in Manassas does mine, They made a time attack EVO. I go there because they have the rediculously expensive inground flat alignment machine, so slammed cars is not an problem.

Im not slammed but my bodykit makes pulling it up on a rack a no go.

Just got one on Saturday and I must say the rear end shimmy side to side under load is gone!
 

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John Behe of Behe perfromance... or at speed does a good job too I've heard depends if you're closer to Baltimore or Montgomery Co.

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I've personally had bad experience with suspension work at BEHE. What an expensive mistake I made... I think my problem was that John himself did not do the install but one of his workers. John is known for great custom tuning and great work in general, however, he is the only one in the shop I'd want working on my car.

My local pick for anything porsche-related would be TPC. A little costly but you get what you pay for. <just noticed you said "other than TPC"> any particular reason if you don't mind me asking?
 
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That's odd. There's another place called New German Performance right here in northern Maryland.
Same place, I believe they have 2 locations
 
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Originally Posted by G ZILLA
PTuning in Manassas does mine, They made a time attack EVO. I go there because they have the rediculously expensive inground flat alignment machine, so slammed cars is not an problem.

Im not slammed but my bodykit makes pulling it up on a rack a no go.

Just got one on Saturday and I must say the rear end shimmy side to side under load is gone!
+1.... Been there twice and both times top notch....
 
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Same place, I believe they have 2 locations
Correct from my talks with them .. Seems like good guys

Luckily I work at a dealer... Will find Specs and have it done with a tech we have that is a younger guy and really knows his stuff
 
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I recently got 4 corner balancing and alligned at InterSports, very happy with it
 
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Where is that? Anyone in particle to talk to?
 
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Talk to Omar, Craig is the guy who worked on my car and tol me what the before and after spec were. I wanted little aggresive setup and mainly for track.
http://www.intersportautosales.com/
 
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Awesome... Do you get an alignment and corner balance every couple track days? Mind pm'ing me how much it was?
 
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Awesome... Do you get an alignment and corner balance every couple track days? Mind pm'ing me how much it was?
that is crazy. You guys are simply pissing money away.

...just check the alignment using camber gauge and toe using a basic string kit based on how the car feels on track, for example of she's not turning in on corner entry adjust toe out slightly, if the rear is tracking to much dial slight toe into the rear tires at 1/32 deg...that sorta thing...FINE TUNE, based on what the car is telling you...

... you don't need to corner balance and align every 2 track days arbitrarily...that's a ***** nilly approach to chassis setup, how can you set up a chassis let alone align if you have no feedback and no idea on how the car needs to be setup and for what track/conditions.

Students always loose sight of the main purpose of DE events, learning... not screwing around with the car. heck I wish that it were a requiement that students start with a bone stock camry their first few times on track sometimes, so they could focus on learning to only drive, and nothing more
 
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Originally Posted by sunir
that is crazy. You guys are simply pissing money away.

...just check the alignment using camber gauge and toe using a basic string kit based on how the car feels on track, for example of she's not turning in on corner entry adjust toe out slightly, if the rear is tracking to much dial slight toe into the rear tires at 1/32 deg...that sorta thing...FINE TUNE, based on what the car is telling you...

... you don't need to corner balance and align every 2 track days arbitrarily...that's a ***** nilly approach to chassis setup, how can you set up a chassis let alone align if you have no feedback and no idea on how the car needs to be setup and for what track/conditions.

Students always loose sight of the main purpose of DE events, learning... not screwing around with the car. heck I wish that it were a requiement that students start with a bone stock camry their first few times on track sometimes, so they could focus on learning to only drive, and nothing more
Well your just gonna have to take me out a few sessions won't ya Sunir ?

I'm more concerned with reports of uneven tire wear which a few people tracking spyders and cayman R's are reporting when tracking. I can do alignments pretty easy here at my dealer. My m3 deal fell through.. Went for the spyder.. Just adding brake pads, harness and arm restraints
 
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Well your just gonna have to take me out a few sessions won't ya Sunir ?

I'm more concerned with reports of uneven tire wear which a few people tracking spyders and cayman R's are reporting when tracking. I can do alignments pretty easy here at my dealer. My m3 deal fell through.. Went for the spyder.. Just adding brake pads, harness and arm restraints
I hear ya...I dunno what to advise on tire wear, we generally checked the temps across the tire using a pyrometer in the hot pits to see where the tire was hot and fine tune camber that way after each practice if need be but then again we are on competition tires and log each heat cycle, in the case of DE keep an eye on it after each session and if the tires are starting to cup on the inside or outside you can adjust accordingly.

Spyder wow, congrats! post up a pic...since you are at a dealer it makes car setup easier for you...def take advantage of that convenience and resourse to get your car set up properly.
 

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