New Hoosiers and my suspension, What is going on? |
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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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jhadler |
Mar 27 2013, 02:23 PM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
Already a bunch of good comments here...
If the car feels balanced right now, don't change it. So what if it's lifting a wheel? It's a rear wheel drive, rear weight biased car. Adding the rear bar might help keep the front wheel down, but will make wheel spin a much bigger issue. A mid engined car will always tend to unweight the inside front tire. The stiffer the roll bar in front, the more you are coupling the movement of the outboard (loaded) suspension with the inboard (unloaded) suspension. More coupling, more movement. When the outboard side compresses, so will the inboard, further unloading the inboard wheel. If you start lifting a REAR wheel, then you need to change something. Heck, I've seen championship winning cars that could clear a beer car with the inside front tire (usually in stock class though)... -Josh |
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