Not Ranked
Too much for street
redmt Red if this car is drivin on the street, IMO too much toe.
Here's ERA's specs for their street setup
front camber "0" + /- 1/4"
front caster "4.5" +/- .5"
front toe + 1/16 +/- 1/16
rear camber -3/4" +/- 1/4"
rear toe "0" +/- 1/16.
thrust angle "0"
this is with your weight in drivers seat and a manual steering rack this is with my weight in the car and running a 51/49 front to back weight percentage with 1/2 tank of gas.
I run track and auto cross with a Appleton rack P/s
front camber 1/2"+ both sides
front caster 3.5"+ left side 3.75"+ right side
toe 1/8"+ to 3/16"+
rear camber 1/2+ both sides
rear toe -1/8
thrust is "0"
You can run these numbers on the street also.
Every car likes different setups for driving. If you are serious, buy a heat temp probe for the tires. Go out and drive the car on a hot day and warm the tires up. and do a quick temp reading of all tires from inside to outside. You want to see the same number across the width of the tire. This test shows you are getting tire patch to the road and the best handling. It's time consuming but IMO worth the extra work to get the cobra to handle.
You did leave out some things like track or auto cross needs about a 30% high spring rate in the front, different toe setup, ackerman turning angles being setup. Another easy thing is to video the car going around turns and look at the car angle of attack. I like the car nice and flat around hard turns. I also went to double adjustable shocks for dampening and rebound.
Does this car have both front and rear sway bars?
I have solid poly bushings in my Jag rearend. keep them greased and have been running the same set for 15 years of abuse. No play yet. This also helps with straight line abuse. My car squats about 1" and leaves in a straight line. Both rear tires have the same tire pressure. Again reasons for setup being important. Good luck Rick L. Ps depending on your driving style some of this works and some doesn't. If you like drifting a car in turns these specs may not work with out alot of torque. I like going point to point and do a little drifting of the car in turns. This over heats the tires.
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