Race cars tend to need constant adjustment. Camber, toe, ride heights, etc. are commonly adjusted at the track, but often the process can be frustrating and time consuming. One problem is target adjustments are typically in degrees, inches or mm, but the physical process is flats, flops, turns or shims.

Rather than fumbling with "smart levels" camber gauges or tape measures for adjustment goals, develop a "pit lane cheat sheet" for the physical adjustments. Now that racing season is wrapping up this is the perfect time to develop your cheat sheet because you're not preping the car to race.

Start your process by selecting a parameter and getting your baseline value (say camber). Next, make a physical adjustment (say one turn) and measure your new value. Subtract the previous value to identify the camber change for the one turn (don't forget to write it down). Repeat the process with several more adjustments on the same parameter to see if the adjustment produces consistent values. Once completed you now know 1 turn = X camber change. Likewise, you can divide the value by six and you also know what a single flat will do to your parameter.

If you use the same process on all the adjustable parameters of your suspension and transfer all the information to a single sheet you will have a tool to help you make fast and accurate adjustments on the car without gauges, tapes, scales, etc. But why stop with suspension parameters? You can also do the same trick for brakes or any other aspect of the car.

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