Solo FYI, Stock camber problem solved with out camber plates.

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Old May 29, 2005 | 03:45 PM
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FYI, Stock camber problem solved with out camber plates.

A friend, who autocrosses an 05 MCS in stock, found that his car as delivered had 1 degree of negative camber in front on one side and 0 degrees on the other. I thought he was stuck but my codriver in STX is a MINI mechanic and he said that the front sub frame is sloted for side to side movement (but not the rear) and was able to even out the camber.
 
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Old May 29, 2005 | 05:05 PM
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Same thing happened to me. I had POSITIVE 0.4 camber on the left and -.7 on the right. We too adjusted the subframe and were able to get -.2L/-.4R. I'm not real happy with those numbers but not much can be done I suppose.
 
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Old May 30, 2005 | 09:48 PM
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It could be more common than we realize. And with hitting potholes we can become more out of alignment.

The Bentley service manual for 2002-2004 states
Front camber specs are -0.30 +/- 0.25 degrees
Rear camber specs are -1.32 +/- 0.30 degrees

(max front and rear difference from left to right 0.30 degrees)
 
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Old Jul 17, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Any idea if the castor could be adjusted as well? My L and R castor are off .
 
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Old Jul 18, 2005 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by pyugala
Any idea if the castor could be adjusted as well? My L and R castor are off .
No it cannot.
You'll need to add camber plates that allow for caster adjustment like
P&D plates:
http://helix13.com/html/products/pro...ew.php?p=1&h=m
$700 for the pair.
Not all camber plates adjust for caster.
When adjusting for performance try to get as positive a caster setting as you can.
 

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