ken's current suspension settings.
 

Here's my latest suspension settings. use at your own risk. you're welcome
to copy it exactly. i don't care.

Goal: to achieve best cornering characteristics on dry roads while maintaining the low-ride dressup looks & comfort. Straightline stability is top notch. car feels luxurious but not floaty, nimble confident handling, not much body roll.

Car is fun to drive, oversteer on demand, but not tail happy.


SETUP FRONT:
Total toe (degrees): 0.10
Camber: -1.8 each side
Springs: TEIN S-Techs for G35C (lowered 1.2")
Damper: D-Specs 3 from firm
Swaybar: Stillen (softest setting)
Tires: 245/35/19 Potenza S03 (on 8.5" wheels) // 36.5psi
Wheel Offset: +23 mm

SETUP REAR:
Total toe (degrees): 0.28
Camber -2.6 each side
Springs: Eibach Prokit for G35C (lowered 1.4")
Damper: D-Specs 4 from firm
Swaybar: Stillen (firmest setting)
Tires: 275/35/19 Potenza S03 (on 10" wheels) // 36.5psi
Wheel Offset: +36mm

Ambient temp today: 65F


I must say i am very pleased with this setup right now. :)

more info on my car, hit the link... also updated my comments on Modification Tips on the site too, for your coffee break.

This would be a good sticky and a good thread to help people baseline themselves if they have similar setups.

moderators???

^ +1 I'll say it again, Ken is the man when it comes to setting up the G!

Wow, good post. Subscribe. :D

Have you ever thought about toe adjustments? Is there kits out there tha can adjust toe degree? I'd like to some how adjust for front toe-out and rear toe-in for track days.

636- The alignment shop can adjust toe on your factory setup. The rear might not toe-in enough for your race setting if your neg camber is severe.

I stepped back 0.25 on the front D-Specs and i think it feels better than
2.75 from firm (now 3 from firm). The turn-in was a little on the under
steer side until the rear swaybar kicked in and the transition was a little
too abrupt.

Forgot to post my offsets so updating the original post.

Thanks for the precaution. I dont think I'll be too aggresive with the toe and camber adjustments.

bump...here you go those that were asking about this thread

Ken, continuing my education..........why so much negative camber in back? Also, what does "total toe" mean. I understand toe-in and toe-out but am not familiar with the total toe term. -T

teeter- i tried -1.3, -1.8, -2.6, -3.1 and -2.6 has the most margin before
the sudden tail break the car's character has while the tires don't break
from sudden straight line acceleration. any thing less, i could not get on
the throttle fast enough through the turn. if i get a hold of the adjustable
front endlinks and do soft/med hole setup, i might be able to lessen the rear
by +0.4..but on this car I will probably be -2 or more.

toe of right + toe of left = total toe

Serious camber, bro. I purposely tuned out my camber to gain more traction from dig. my current settings are -1.2 front and -1.5 rear.

yep, if im setting up the car to drag race, I would use a different setting too.

I always wanted to compare our suspensions. It seems we did two different things, but with the same outcome almost. I'm running harder springs 386/402, dampened softer with the D-specs (4.75/4.5) and running 18s with 245/275. It would be great to see exactly which mod (tires, shocks, springs) have had the greatest effect.

swaybars

No sways yet. Probably in the spring. I can actually feel that my suspension is performing better than the stock sways. Body lean in the corners is reduced, but I think it's the shocks/springs doing most of the work. All my camber/radius rods and arms have polyurethane bushings, so I can feel the rubber on the sways ends along with its softer settings is the weak link.