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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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McMark |
Mar 26 2013, 09:45 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Think about the wheel lifting this way - If you lift the front tire, did the front end get loose? If not, then you had enough grip with only 1 tire on the ground.
I think that when I AX I'm trying too hard to go fast. You may go faster by working on better entry/exit lines, rather than 'going faster'. That's where I am. Trekkor's last AX school at Infineon had a tight 180 corner and I just couldn't get around it without massive understeer. I tried to force oversteer, I tried to just plow through, but at the end of the day I realized that I simply needed to go slower. I never did get to put that in practice, so next time out I'll be working on that. |
Randal |
Mar 26 2013, 10:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Think about the wheel lifting this way - If you lift the front tire, did the front end get loose? If not, then you had enough grip with only 1 tire on the ground. I think that when I AX I'm trying too hard to go fast. You may go faster by working on better entry/exit lines, rather than 'going faster'. That's where I am. Trekkor's last AX school at Infineon had a tight 180 corner and I just couldn't get around it without massive understeer. I tried to force oversteer, I tried to just plow through, but at the end of the day I realized that I simply needed to go slower. I never did get to put that in practice, so next time out I'll be working on that. What you learned is that certain corners have to be given up. Look at it this way: if on a tight corner the car starts to understeer, then just start a stopwatch and stop it when the understeer stops and the car starts going the direction of the course. Whatever time is on that watch is LOST! You will never make it up. Know when to give up a corner. |
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