Suspension Springs, struts, coilovers, sway-bars, camber plates, and all other modifications to suspension components for Clubman (R55), Cooper and Cooper S (R56), and Cabrio (R57) MINIs.

Suspension Road and Track Alignment Settings

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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 06:46 AM
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Road and Track Alignment Settings

Don't want to clutter ra2fanatics Ohlins thread any longer so i thought i would start new thread. I'd like guys to list all of these suspension mods along with the alignments settings. The car get used for 6 track days a year and the rest of the time its a daily driver. Compromise is important.
  • KW V3 Coiloivers w/ #450 front, #250 rear
  • KW camber plates
  • Hotchikis 25mm hollow bar
  • Rear adjustable end links
  • 205/45/17 Advan Neova AD08 tire

Front
-2.4 camber
1/8" toe out

Rear
-2.5 camber
zero toe

My first step is to take the rear camber down to 1.5 but i need arms to do that.

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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 03:09 PM
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Mine is a daily driver, no anticipated track time.

Koni Yellows, TSW springs, 1" H-sport RSB, IE fixed camber plates, Alta RCA, 205/45/17 Bridgestone all seasons

F: -1.7 camber, 2 mm toe in total
R: -1.5 camber, 1 mm toe in per side

Good tire wear and ride comfort. Looking forward to replacing with performance tires in the spring.

Have fun,
Mike
 
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Old Aug 29, 2013 | 07:48 PM
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-3.4 fronts
-2.1 rears

Can't remember what my toe was for each. It's pretty aggressive, but damn, I love it!
 
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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 04:56 PM
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My car is primarily autocross and pleasure driver. I have the JCW suspension and H-sport competition rear swaybar on medium.

Copy of alignment settings.
Front camber -.9 both sides
front toe basically 0

rear camber -1.8
rear toe -.05 degrees both sides

Not sure what those convert into inches or mm
 

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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 09:05 PM
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  • KW V2
  • Vorshlag Camber plates
  • H-sport comp rear sway bary
  • H-sport rear lower adjustable arms
  • Dunlop Direzza Z1 on street, Nitto NT01 on track


-2.5 camber up front, -2.0 camber in the rear


+0.10 toe in front, +0.19 toe in rear
 
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:46 AM
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Any of you guys try a SMALLER than stock sway bar on front? My car feels like it lost traction since going to the heavier front springs. I want to loosen the front end a little with a smaller bar.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 10:22 AM
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This was brought up to my attention before by going with a smaller bar. No one makes a smaller bar, but the best method would be ordering a regular Just-a-Cooper swaybar. The Cooper S and JCW front swaybars are bigger, so if you went with the justa's bar, you'd be reducing the bar up front.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 05:34 PM
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From my research, just a cooper and an S without sport suspension have the same 21.5mm rather than 23.5mm.

i'm guessing that r53 front sway bar doesn't fit a r56? Our rear bar is interchangeable.
 
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