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> How stiff can you go, Rear springs
brilliantrot
post Jun 19 2007, 03:29 PM
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So I am just begining to see why people always sa race cars are never done. I just ran my first autocross on track tires (Nitto NT-01s) and now my previously perfect handeling car lifts front wheels way into the air. Corner workers were saying as high as six inches!!! Now I am NO expert but this leads me to believe that there is still a considerable amount of time to be had if I can keep the wheels on or alot nearer to the ground. My question is how stiff to go in the rears. I currently have #140 Weltmeisters on the back and stock front torshens with a H&H 19mm ajustable front sway bar set one hole from soft leaving two stiffer settings (four holes total). I am thinking #175 or #200 2.5inch springs on ajustable perches. Any suggestions? Will ajusting the front bar to full stiff be enough to counteract springs this stiff? This is for a strictly autocross car that only gets driven to events and on the occassional sunny day. Also it has a six pt. cage.
Any input will be appriciated since I would only like to buy one more set of springs.


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Are those Nittos the ones with all the curvy grooves as tread patterns? With a tread wear rating of ~100?

My 914 is a lot like yours, but with 195/50 Dunlop Sport tires that I bought before I knew would be such an AX junky. New tires are in my future, hopefully some that allow me to drive to events (10-70 miles freeway cruisin) w/o worries and still get good stick. I looked at the Nitto photos and info and they seem pretty good. Any comments on ride noise, value, fit vs. other 205/50s etc are appreciated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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brilliantrot   How stiff can you go   Jun 19 2007, 03:29 PM
john rogers   The way it was explained to me was "if a corn...   Jun 19 2007, 03:56 PM
brilliantrot   What does one do about the front if #300 springs a...   Jun 19 2007, 04:04 PM
Joe Ricard   Well I just jumped up to 300lb rears, This is up ...   Jun 19 2007, 08:22 PM
john rogers   It's not the HP, it's the cornering abilit...   Jun 19 2007, 09:01 PM
brilliantrot   I know all about beating "faster" cars. ...   Jun 19 2007, 09:18 PM
Dave_Darling   Has eneyone succesfully run #200 springs without a...   Jun 19 2007, 11:50 PM
SirAndy   front: - stock 911 ('84 carrera) T-Bars - 22mm...   Jun 19 2007, 09:45 PM
grantsfo   So I am just begining to see why people always sa...   Jun 20 2007, 08:18 AM
Joe Ricard   I looed back in my log books, For a brief time I h...   Jun 20 2007, 11:48 AM
brilliantrot   Right now I am running probably the cheapest suspe...   Jun 20 2007, 03:20 PM
SirAndy   I only have about .75inches of travel before my ...   Jun 20 2007, 03:50 PM
brilliantrot   I drive my car so infrequently that I do not even ...   Jun 20 2007, 03:55 PM
ChrisNPDrider   Are those Nittos the ones with all the curvy groov...   Jun 20 2007, 03:56 PM
brilliantrot   I have only run one event on them, 11 runs of a 1....   Jun 20 2007, 04:58 PM
brilliantrot   I hve to run a .25 inch spacer in the back and am ...   Jun 20 2007, 05:00 PM
Joe Ricard   Hmm nice braking. 100 to 50 in 50 feet. I am ...   Jun 29 2007, 04:24 PM
Borderline   Assuming my physics classes from thirty years ago ...   Jun 29 2007, 09:48 PM
Joe Ricard   That is some heavy duty braking with alot of other...   Jun 30 2007, 07:41 AM
brilliantrot   The braking distance and speeds stated are just my...   Jul 6 2007, 03:41 PM
sean_v8_914   give him bad advise...he's going to catch me ...   Jul 18 2007, 03:53 PM


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