Ben98SentraSE said:
Going to get my NX aligned properly next week. One opinion I got was for 1/8 toe out front and 0 rear, 1.5 deg camber in front and 1 deg in rear. That sound about right? I want to see why Road and Track named the NX2000 one of the 10 best handling cars of 1992. With my wacked alignment right now it doesn't seem so.
That set-up sounds about right, that is if you could get 1.5deg of negative camber on the stock suspension. When my NX had the stock suspension (KYB GR2 struts), I had the alignment shop give me 3/16" toe-out front (camber was -0.9deg), and about 1/16" toe-out rear (-1.2deg camber). The car had very crisp turn-in and exhibited neutral-to-tail-out tendencies when I autoxed it. I wouldn't recommend those settings if you're worried about tire wear, though. 1/8" toe-out front and 0 in the back would be a-okay!
FYI, some NXen came with Bridgestone RE71's from the factory, and I'm sure the NX that Road & Track tested had those tires (read: badass!). Not only that, whacked alignment does make the car handle shitty (I should know... had extreme toe-in in front and extreme toe-out in rear before getting alignment done on the NX).
--Andrew Phan