![]() ![]() Lowering the front rideheight with respect to the rear (or raising the rear with respect to the front) will also shift the balance toward O/S a bit. Stiffen the rear with respect to the front and the balance will be a lot more neutral. Only way to get the car to really rotate would be something like a real sharp lift-off on entry, or handbrake, Scandinavian flick, etc.Īs has been said, spring and bar changes will give the most noticeable balance change. FWD cars, overdriving the fronts on exit will be ridiculous U/S. RWD cars with enough power can overdrive the rear tires to rotate the car around. Weight transfer to the rear will tighten any car up on-throttle. In any event you would be hard pressed to get the car to O/S on-throttle. You don't want oversteer on exit if you want to be quick. Put more and better rubber on the ground.ĬAVEAT: I was good enough to get into General Motors Institute, but NOT good enough to graduate! Stiffer springs reduce roll, but go to stiffer shocks, too! Now I'm not brave enough to know what its limits are!īasics - a stiffer rear sway bar will reduce understeer. (NeoGens are designed for lowered cars with more camber) Re-aligned to stock settings.Ĩ - 1 inch wider 15 inch wheels all around with 205-50 Nitto NeoGens instead of stock 195-65 Falkens. Lower front than rear because more weight up front and better aero. Adding a rear bar reduced understeer a LOT.Ĥ - Upper strut tower braces added front and rear.ĥ - Added lower brace connecting mounting points of lower front suspension arms.ħ - Lowered the front about 1.5 inches. My handling went from fair to MUCH better after these changes:ġ- Solid front sway bar (Suspension Techniques) replaced the hollow original.Ģ - Rear had some excuse for a sway bar (a torsion bar inside the hollow axle), but I added an additional sway bar (Suspension Techniques)in back. Independent front with struts solid rear axle. I hope you can apply this to the dirt and good luck.I hope some of our more knowledgeable members will help, but here's a starting point. ![]() ![]() we increased our spring rate in the front left and right rear and it really helped with traction and keeping the front right tire alive. Also He knows what he is talking about on taking the weight off the right. Just my experience but we have now broke the old track record by alot and are very hard to keep up with even though the other cars are mainly built v6 berates and what not. I always lift tap the brakes and immediately gradually bring the throttle back on until I need full throttle. This upsets the suspension in the corner. Alot of guys let completely off and then coast. Remember these cars like you to be on the throttle the entire time to keep the suspension set. But once I actually got smart enough to slow down alittle earlier tap the brakes and then hammer it sooner in corner and I actually picked up 3 tenths on a 1/4 track. I personally race a 1st gen on a paved oval and ran alot of fast times pushing the front end around and was competitive. Try slowing alittle going in so the car is not pushing at all, then should be hard back on throttle about half way through the corner giving you a strong exit normally shooting past the other cars on the exit and really gaining positions in the straight. ![]()
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