Front tyre advice - MX5

[B.Egan]

Well I know that with my current alignment setup I run alot of toe out on the front for the sole purpose of causing some understeer through transition, to make it smoother effectively. MX5s are shorter wheelbase than even an 86 for example. The thinking is then that maybe the R888s grip combined with the lightweight nature of the car are maybe cancelling this effect out? The alignment setup I got is from Celsea DeNofa basically in the US who used to drift miatas (won the XDC over there in a E36 last year). However his settings were seriously extreme in the amount of toe out on front and toe in at the rear, so I effectively halved all his values.

[peterhouze]

i know a fella who drifts a mx5 in the states i could get the alignment figures for ya if ya find that a bit aggressive
and for tyres in dont know

[Micko]

i have ran the Kuhmo v70's the last while and they are unbelievable!

But i see where your coming from. i felt at times i had a small bit too much grip on the front in fermoy last year and didnt transition aswell as i would like, in some cases the more loose the car is, the more flickability and forward speed you get aswell if that makes sense..

Exceptions though i think are bigger tracks like mondello where theres less transitioning and you are more reliant so on front end grip as a higher speed entry.