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New Hoosiers and my suspension, What is going on? |
ww914 |
Mar 23 2013, 07:46 PM
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914 Convert Group: Members Posts: 435 Joined: 29-September 11 From: Central Coast, CA Member No.: 13,621 Region Association: Central California |
Today at the track, with my new Hoosier A6's, I was lifting the inside front tire. I had installed 180 lb springs, took off the rear sway bar and tightened up the front 19mm Tarrett just a little. Everyone at the track told me that I needed beefier springs in the back. Well, I have 220 lbs springs, shall I try them? Shall I leave the sway bar off? Should I soften or tighten the front sway bar? Oh, I am running 205/15 on 5.5 rims. I am looking at 7" rims to get the patch better. Any other recommendations?
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Woody |
Mar 23 2013, 09:07 PM
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Sandbox Rabblerouser and head toilet scrubber Group: Members Posts: 3,858 Joined: 28-December 10 From: San Antonio Texas Member No.: 12,530 Region Association: Southwest Region |
If the car feels balanced I wouldn't really worry about it as its quite common. What size torsion bars are you running? I'm running 22 mm torsion bars with a 19mm swaybar on full stiff and 250 pound springs in the rear. My car is just a touch tail happy but doesn't lift the inside front as much as it used to with the 180 pounders.
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Randal |
Mar 24 2013, 12:12 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
If the car feels balanced I wouldn't really worry about it as its quite common. What size torsion bars are you running? I'm running 22 mm torsion bars with a 19mm swaybar on full stiff and 250 pound springs in the rear. My car is just a touch tail happy but doesn't lift the inside front as much as it used to with the 180 pounders. I'm running 240 lb springs in back and no sway bar. The Smart Racing front sway bar is the lightest one (of three) offered and is set soft for Autox. When running the track I tighten up the front adjuster to the middle setting on the Smart Racing setup. A lot of what you depends upon the overall weight of the car. |
ww914 |
Mar 25 2013, 12:16 PM
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914 Convert Group: Members Posts: 435 Joined: 29-September 11 From: Central Coast, CA Member No.: 13,621 Region Association: Central California |
If the car feels balanced I wouldn't really worry about it as its quite common. What size torsion bars are you running? I'm running 22 mm torsion bars with a 19mm swaybar on full stiff and 250 pound springs in the rear. My car is just a touch tail happy but doesn't lift the inside front as much as it used to with the 180 pounders. I'm running 240 lb springs in back and no sway bar. The Smart Racing front sway bar is the lightest one (of three) offered and is set soft for Autox. When running the track I tighten up the front adjuster to the middle setting on the Smart Racing setup. A lot of what you depends upon the overall weight of the car. Randal, I see in your avatar that your front ends lifts as well or is that an old photo? To me, and please correct me if I am wrong, that lifting that leading front tire is not the fastest way around the track. I think I will leave the 180 lb springs on for now and re-install the rear sway bar and see what happens. Maybe I will soften the front 19mm sway bar a little as well. |
Randal |
Mar 25 2013, 02:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
If the car feels balanced I wouldn't really worry about it as its quite common. What size torsion bars are you running? I'm running 22 mm torsion bars with a 19mm swaybar on full stiff and 250 pound springs in the rear. My car is just a touch tail happy but doesn't lift the inside front as much as it used to with the 180 pounders. I'm running 240 lb springs in back and no sway bar. The Smart Racing front sway bar is the lightest one (of three) offered and is set soft for Autox. When running the track I tighten up the front adjuster to the middle setting on the Smart Racing setup. A lot of what you depends upon the overall weight of the car. Randal, I see in your avatar that your front ends lifts as well or is that an old photo? To me, and please correct me if I am wrong, that lifting that leading front tire is not the fastest way around the track. I think I will leave the 180 lb springs on for now and re-install the rear sway bar and see what happens. Maybe I will soften the front 19mm sway bar a little as well. If you look closely at that avatar, you see that the rear wheel is off the ground as well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) To be honest I'm not sure whether that was before the change to 240 springs or not. I also agree with the post Chris made as if the car feels good, go with it. In my case I was surprised when Trekkor took that picture showing the car up on two wheels as the car felt perfect. If you reinstall the rear sway bar it might help to keep the wheels down, but now you have two issues (really three) to worry about in the rear, i.e., shocks, springs and sway bar. |
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