Made lots of changes, now it pushes, Yes, I know I shouldn't have Options

[nhallman]

OK, so I finally decided to do some suspension upgrades on my autocross car ('75 1.8), and I kind of did everything at once (yeah, yeah, I know):

Koni yellow shocks/struts
930 tie rods
22mm Weltmeister front sway bar
180# Weltmeister springs
disconnected (stock) rear sway bar

I was sort of following an old (mid-90's) Weltmeister guide for autocross setup that I found on the Pelican board, except they recommended 21mm torsion bars up front. I sort of ran out of cash, so I left the stock torsion bars on the car.

So, I figured that by not stiffening the front as much as recommended, but making all the other changes, the car would tend toward loose (especially since that's how I tend to drive it). Wrong. It pushes... badly.

When I made my first few runs, I had the Koni's on full stiff. I took a full turn out of the front and that helped, but the car still pushed. I played with pressures, taking 3 lbs. out of the rear (Kumho V710's - an R compound tire), leaving the front at 35 lbs. and the rear at 32 lbs. That helped, too, but it did still push and was a concern because the car had been so neutral prior to the changes that I rarely had to adjust tire pressure.

So... now what? I have all this adjustment available to me, and I don't know what to try.

My fear is that in my quest to get the car back to neutral, I'll take away some of the major gains I've made in grip (did I mention it did stick like 500% better?). I don't want to do that.

My thoughts (ranging from simplest to craziest):

- adjust my driving style and deal with it
- soften the front struts even more
- loosen the front sway bar (currently set to full stiff)
- reconnect the rear sway bar
- set the rear toe to 0 (currently 1/16 toe in, front is 3/32 toe out)
- cut a coil from the rear springs (only a consideration b/c I can only get ~1.2 deg negative camber in the rear - all shims removed)

Any ideas? I'm a fairly experienced autocrosser with a lot of seat time in this car, but I'm a total novice at suspension setup. I just tended to jump in the car and drive it up till now.

TIA...