Maximum Camber?

Hi, I'm currently in the process of replacing all my suspension components including top mounts at all four wheels on my '07 Cayman 2.7ltr 987.1 . I'm using all OEM components except for Bilstein B16 coilovers. My question is when I have a four wheel alignment should I have the camber set to factory recommendation or just set the maximum amount of camber at all four wheels? I've marked the nut positions at the top mounts for the front and I've marked the eccentric bolt on the track arm bolt and top mount for the rear so I can roughly set those back to how they where. Any advice would be welcome, if anyone has any experience of these settings or is knowledgable about Porsche suspension. The car will be driven on road with maybe an occasional track day so I don't want to ruin its road manners, but I'd like to exploit the maximum grip and handling capabilities. Thanks.

It depends on how many track days and how aggressive you are. The factory alignment is fine for "normal" driving but track days will chew up the outside edges of your tires. Even at -1 degrees of camber, about the max you will see stock, I am seeing this with about 8 track days a year. My plan is change LCA to increase camber. I expect the inside edges will wear a little more from street driving at higher camber rates but will sort of even out compared to saving the outside edges.

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely be getting a four wheel alignment to factory specifications as I won't be going to the track often enough to warrant extra tyre wear that maximum camber will give. Thanks.

If you are going to go back to factory alignment why are you using Bilstein B16 coil overs. You are obviously looking for something more than stock. What are the stock alignment specs ?

Maximum camber with OE parts still isn't enough. Just ask for the most they can get you with it being equal side to side. I run -2.5 on the street and up to -3.5 on the track. You won't get -2 with stock parts most likely.

I agree with Joshuaj, that street camber should be a little different than track camber. Recently, I had my front camber modified to -2.9 from -2.6. While this does not sound like much of a change, it did produce a little more steering change going over uneven sloped roads at normal driving speeds. The new camber is still usable on the street, but it just takes getting used to that feeling.

987 Given this statement I would set the alignment to max with stock components that would be Front -0.7 to -0.8 camber 0.05 toe in Rear -1.6 to -1.8 camber Not sure if B16 lowers the car; if they do then you might get -1.0 camber

Your alignment shop should be able to give you -1.6 OEM camber in front and -2.0 camber in the rear with a drop of 25mm. Any lower drop will start getting tricky in the rear requiring adjustable toe links. If you want to corner balance your B16 coilovers, then adjustable drop links are a must.

So B16 does lower the car. I don't think I would go that far on aligning a car that's mainly for the street.F -1.0 & R -1.8 is plenty being mindful of tire wear and going over changes in lanes heights.

-2 is totally fine on the street. If you track -1 you'll destroy your tires in a hurry.

Thanks for all the advice, its given me plenty to consider........I'll let you know what I decide and the effect on the car.