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Tyre shops just love it when a 'fully adjustable' car comes in, with an enthusiastic owner waving a peice of paper with scribble on it...

\"Mr, can you set up my suspension to these specs? Toe-in? Camber?\"

They smile from ear to ear - not another mum in an SUV with a flat and no cash - an enthusiast! In a sports car! Yeah!

I have the specs for my NB8B filed, but I'm thinking the NC is such a new beast, it is prolly quite different. Can any one (Charlie Brown, feel free to share all your secrets here - ) tell me what suspension set up specs work best on their NC? Much obliged...

Let your fingers do the walking..........search, search search.

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There are a million variations. It all depends on your “wants”.

If you want to keep the standard height and have a good road setting for “spirited driving” without tram-lining, dial in about 1 to 1.2 negative camber all round (if you can get that on the front. It can vary between cars from about -0.9 to -1.5 or -1.6).
Set the front toe-in to 1.0 – 1.5mm total and the rear about 0.5mm total more than the front. ie 1.5 – 2mm. Castor around 5.5 to 6 is fine. Don’t get sucked into using the NA/NB setting of an extra 0.5 degrees on the rear.

If you want to keep the standard height and chase down Julian at Wakefield, dial in the maximum negative on the front. If you can get 1.5 then set the rears to about 1.3.
If you can only get 1.2 then use 1.0 in the rear. Max out your castor. Set 1mm total toe out on the front and 1mm total toe in on the rear. Go down to Wakefield and try it out and then fiddle to suit your requirements. The toe out setting will make the car dart all over the road but helps with turn in. If you don’t want that happening just go back to 1mm toe in. If it’s doing some high speed oversteering through Turns 6 & 8 you may need to add another mm to the rear.

If you’re lowering the NC then see the thread attached or the many others you can find in this section. Good luck.

Charlie Brown,

I think you're just magic. That is EXACTLY what I was after!!

Don't think I'll be chasing Julian - whilst he may be back to the track, it's gonna be in another car. I won't steal his thunder here...

CB, many thanks - this is what makes the Club and chat site soooooo good! Instant, sensible, non-emotional, tried and tested FACTS!

Love it.