After reading a lot of posts about alignment, suspension, and treadwear ratings, I'm curious about my experience so far.
Setup
Tires: I'm still running my "build" wheels and tires that are 600 TW all season tires.
Suspension: My suspension is set to what I saw in various posts for recommended settings during the build process. I'm using the BC coil overs in the rear and I haven't adjusted the front or rear since building and racking up 150-ish miles.
Alignment: I followed the DF method using toe plates. I plan to try the string method or take it in somewhere but that's on the to-do list still. It's not high on the list though because the car is stable and tracks straight.
Experience
I have not autocrossed or tracked it so far. My use case is a mix of casual and moderately-aggressive street driving. I have yet to have any traction issues, even under hard acceleration and aggressive shifting. I've slowly worked my way up the "throttle use" ladder after reading about 600 TW ires being like ice skates on these things. What surprised me, is that in the little time I drove the donor, I could break the right front loose on 2nd and 3rd gear pulls, but I don't get that in the Goblin. The tires will chirp during high-RPM gear shifts but I've never had any traction loss.
I'm running 32 PSI tire pressure right now, as that is how they came off the previous car. I thought I'd have to drop them down to the 20 PSI range like everyone else has done, but I don't feel the need to yet though because the ride and feedback seem just fine. However, I do plan to play with tire pressure at some point to see if there is a difference.
I guess my main question is, are traction issues mainly on the track or very aggressive street driving scenarios? Or are traction issues on the street usually a driver mod issue?
I'm sure I could generate some traction issues by dumping the clutch or letting off mid-turn, but when driving the car the way it should I don't have any issues. I'm just curious as to why my experience so far seems far different than what I expected after reading many posts. Or did I get lucky and magically land on the dialed-in setting during my build?