Hmm good to know. I know a lot of guys with type Rs are running somewhere along the lines of 3-3.5 front and 2-3 rear. I have to have about 2 degrees rear for the tire to clear the wheel well without rubbing. So I'll probably put as little as possible in the rear without rubbing. I know a little toe in on the rear is good, and a bit of toe out of front, but since it's also a DD I'll go neutral on that, at least for this and next season.
The car as it is right now is just a little too pushy, even with the backwards setup on it. When I drive right, it has just enough rotation to be quick, but it's hard to get the back swinging right. On my fastest run from last event it did, even though I missed the brake pedal in arguable the most important corner, I was still a hundredth faster on that lap than my previous very clean lap. I had just the right amount of rotation through the mini slaloms. Felt fantastic out there.
I like the advice given so far though, I'll probably have to have 2 degrees negative in the rear, and maybe run 3 up front. I'll try to get another video of me racing again, I borrowed a gopro for that one above. Sadly that was some pretty poor driving on my part. Well not exactly that bad for a novice, but not nearly as good as I can drive. I left a good 2 seconds out there easy, which is a massive chunk of time!
The new rear sway bar should help me get the ass out a little more. Having the rear springs 100lbs heavier than the front also may help a bit too, as well as the adjustable damping. As of now though, I'm just getting as much seat time as possible, worrying about the car setup too much is probably going to hurt me. I've been trolling around on roadraceautox, bumped into a few guys I know from racing on there and we talked a bit. I took some ride alongs with them, and dragged them in my car for a few runs. Get more perspectives on my driving, and sit in with some borderline national level guys. (They're running an STF Mazda 3 and may qualify for nationals this year).
So just seeing how they enter corners is huge for me. That's my biggest issue, after I sat in with one of them, I sort of copied their wide entries to get a straighter shot into some slaloms, and was more aggressive on the wheel, within one run I dropped half a second. I was around 37, then dropped to 36.5xx. I'll put a picture of the results up, that'll make a bit more sense.
Like I said, unfortunately my foot slipped of the brake on a fast corner leading into a straight, so I ended up turning a straight into a sort of Z pattern. I honestly thing that could have been a half second plus mistake. But that run was just so clean in every other way it was still a winning time. On the bright side, I know the car, and myself have a lot more to give hah.