OffCamber optimization

OffCamber Autosport has extensive experience in all aspects of vehicle optimization.  We have 20 years of experience in testing and executing such work so that your vehicle will operate in peak efficiency

Our experts at OffCamber Autosport will work with you to determine the best, most cost effective enhancements to suit your driving needs. These upgrades can range from suspension tuning, to complete suspension replacement, to bolt on engine enhancements (Intake, exhaust, tuning, etc.) to complete motor rebuilds, or engine swaps. The key here is that “one” upgrade cannot rule them all. Effective enhancements for a daily driver may not be the same as a weekend toy.

One upgrade that many enthusiasts never consider is themselves. No matter what upgrades the car has, the limiting factor will always be the pilot. We have multiple ways to improve the most critical aspect of any vehicle, YOU!

Let’s plan out YOUR best path!

Suspension Tuning Overview

Suspension Tuning is a mystic art that

consists of 3 pillars:

Pillar 1 - Ride Height

Setting an optimal ride height is the first step to properly tuning a suspension.

Pillar 2 - corner Balance

In this step, our team will use our Wireless Longacre scales to adjust your corner weights.

Pillar 3-Flawless Alignment

The final step of tuning is to adjust the alignment of your suspension so that it performs optimally

Ride Height

(the details)

Pillar 1 - setting optimal ride height.

Setting ride height is the critical first step in seeking suspension setup perfection. A number of different factors are taken into account when selecting the optimal ride height for any car such as:

• Performance street car?

• Daily driver?

• Dual purpose car?

• Does the car’s geometry require a rake? or a perfectly level setup?

• Making the car as low as possible is not always the correct choice!

  Suspension articulation, roll center, suspension geometry, and desired wheel alignment specifications are all factors that must be taken into account when selecting the correct ride height for your vehicle. Our team will work with you to determine the optimal ride height for your car. Once initial ride height has been selected, we move on to the next step, which is Corner Balancing.

Corner Balance

(the details)

Pillar 2 - Corner Balance

Many folks spend a lot of money on a fancy suspension, but never invest in having the suspension tuned. Does your car turn better to the right than the left? If this is the case, then your car is out of balance!

Corner balancing is the art of adjusting the “weight” each wheel carries to ensure the car is as even as possible. Have you ever heard of “50 / 50 weight distribution”?

The goal is to have perfectly even weight distribution Right to Left, and Front to Rear, allowing the car to move consistently in all directions. The equation is::

LF RF
— = —
LR RR

In order to achieve the optimum balance, our team uses a set of Longacre digital wireless scales, special software, and experience to tweak the suspension until we are as close to perfection as your car will allow.

The image below is one of the pieces of software that we use. It shows how much weight each of the corners is bearing, as well as the cross weights.

Once balance has been achieved, we move on to the final step to handling Nirvana, the Flawless Alignment!

Flawless Alignment

(the details)

Pillar 3 - Flawless alignment

The final step in handling Nirvana is a meticulous, flawless wheel alignment. We can align your car to manufacturer’s (BMW, Audi, Porsche, Lexus, Subaru, etc.) recommended values or we can work with you to design a custom set of alignment specifications based on your unique driving needs. Once we determine the appropriate specifications for your car, our technicians will then put our Hunter Hawkeye alignment machine into action and will take the appropriate care and time to use all of the adjustability that your suspension allows in order to achieve our famous “Flawless Alignment”. . Your car will carve corners like it never has before!

Suspension Upgrades

Engine enhancements

Engine optimization

We have a wide variety of options to optimize your engine. The classic theory still valid, the more cold dense air that is pumped into the motor, and the easier it is for the motor to expel those gases, the more efficient the engine will be. The magic comes from understanding the appropriate ways to execute this theory for your particular engine.

We break down these upgrades into 3 stages.

Stage 1- External Bolt-ons

Stage 2-Engine external optimization (Efficiency)

Stage 3- Engine Internal optimization (Engine builds)

Engine Swaps

A lot of folks dream about transplanting Engine A into Chassis B.

Unfortunately these projects often end up in one of 3 ways:

• The project never getting completed

• A Craigslist For Sale Ad

• A half functional, very hard to live with car

At OffCamber Autosport we believe a properly planned & executed engine swap is a realistic outcome.

Our team of experts will work with you to select the right engine for your swap, and then plan out the process, estimated costs, and timeline.

In the end your car will have a new engine that both looks like and functions like it came from the factory that way.

Benefits of an OffCamber Engine Swap
o   Dashboard works like factory

o  Clean factory looking engine bay

o  Fully Functional / Running engine

o  European, Japanese, Domestic cars

o  Chassis / Engine enhancements during the swap

LET US HELP YOUR DREAMS BECOME REALITY!

What is ECU Tuning? 

 What is a custom tune?

As mentioned in the above section, if you move past simple “bolt-on” enhancements, and are looking for more serious efficiency gains, you will also need to move into the world of Custom / Dyno tuning.

In this space, you have added much more serious enhancements to your car involving airflow, fuel, etc. In order for you to take the most advantage of these physical upgrades, we need to create a custom map / tune for the car.

The Process (Simplified):

• Step 1 - The car has to be put on a dyno

• Step 2 - Run the car on the dyno to collect data elements.

• Step 3 - The tuner reads the data, makes changes to the map, and tests the results of these changes.

• Repeat Step 2 & 3 until the tuner is happy with the results.

The interesting thing is that 2 of the exact same cars with the same changes may require a slightly different map.

The tuner uses various software packages to make changes to a variety of data in the map such as: air, fuel, ignition timing, throttle response, etc. to maximize your vehicles efficiency. This process may take several hours, and if there are issues with the engine, several days to complete the process.

As you can imagine, with the software, dyno time, and tuner’s time to make all of these changes, these types of tunes are not in-expensive. If you have spent a bunch of $$$ on engine mods, then this piece of the project will be well worth it.