Sway bar question and Hello!
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Originally Posted by kelvin96gsr,Oct 22 2009, 11:14 AM
eh are you saying the lotus and miata aren't his?
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Junky, I don't know why I'm replying to you since I have you blocked. 
You're saying "Do X" and asserting it's correct without knowing details of his setup. Since I don't know his setup either, I'm providing an iterative algorithm which will get him to a good balance. I'm not saying the car will work or won't work without a rear bar, but trying the car without a rear bar is free, unlike any of the other solutions that have been proposed.
About having David's car in my signature -- it's what I autocross, so I don't see what the problem is. My signature says "I race", not "I own these cars". Would you criticize Jensen Button for putting a picture of the Brawn F1 car in his signature because he doesn't own it?
Having said that, my plan for a while has been to expand my signature to show more of the cars I've autocrossed in the past.
You're saying "Do X" and asserting it's correct without knowing details of his setup. Since I don't know his setup either, I'm providing an iterative algorithm which will get him to a good balance. I'm not saying the car will work or won't work without a rear bar, but trying the car without a rear bar is free, unlike any of the other solutions that have been proposed.
About having David's car in my signature -- it's what I autocross, so I don't see what the problem is. My signature says "I race", not "I own these cars". Would you criticize Jensen Button for putting a picture of the Brawn F1 car in his signature because he doesn't own it?
Having said that, my plan for a while has been to expand my signature to show more of the cars I've autocrossed in the past.
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His spring rates are 10k front and 12k rear. The aftermarket components are the Tein Flex. An EDFC was installed at one point, but I don't know if it is still on the car.
Pedalfaster is providing the same advice I provided over PM. As usual, Junky missed the ferry and is stuck at Assumption-JUNKtion. Carry on.
Pedalfaster is providing the same advice I provided over PM. As usual, Junky missed the ferry and is stuck at Assumption-JUNKtion. Carry on.
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Oct 22 2009, 10:44 AM
Junky, I don't know why I'm replying to you since I have you blocked.
You're saying "Do X" and asserting it's correct without knowing details of his setup. Since I don't know his setup either, I'm providing an iterative algorithm which will get him to a good balance. I'm not saying the car will work or won't work without a rear bar, but trying the car without a rear bar is free, unlike any of the other solutions that have been proposed.
About having David's car in my signature -- it's what I autocross, so I don't see what the problem is. My signature says "I race", not "I own these cars". Would you criticize Jensen Button for putting a picture of the Brawn F1 car in his signature because he doesn't own it?
Having said that, my plan for a while has been to expand my signature to show more of the cars I've autocrossed in the past.
You're saying "Do X" and asserting it's correct without knowing details of his setup. Since I don't know his setup either, I'm providing an iterative algorithm which will get him to a good balance. I'm not saying the car will work or won't work without a rear bar, but trying the car without a rear bar is free, unlike any of the other solutions that have been proposed.
About having David's car in my signature -- it's what I autocross, so I don't see what the problem is. My signature says "I race", not "I own these cars". Would you criticize Jensen Button for putting a picture of the Brawn F1 car in his signature because he doesn't own it?
Having said that, my plan for a while has been to expand my signature to show more of the cars I've autocrossed in the past.
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Originally Posted by jerrypeterson,Oct 22 2009, 11:04 AM
His spring rates are 10k front and 12k rear. The aftermarket components are the Tein Flex. An EDFC was installed at one point, but I don't know if it is still on the car.
Pedalfaster is providing the same advice I provided over PM. As usual, Junky missed the ferry and is stuck at Assumption-JUNKtion. Carry on.
Pedalfaster is providing the same advice I provided over PM. As usual, Junky missed the ferry and is stuck at Assumption-JUNKtion. Carry on.
All I can say is I'm happy to not be a fairy
If those are his spring rates then he would likely be better off with the factory sway bars on that year, if he is aiming for a more balanced handler that is. But its all speculation until you drive it and see, so lets not forget that detail no matter where the advice or info is coming from, there are other contributing variables in the equipment too.
Just to add, If you can drive a car and pick it apart to see what it needs then that says something about the driver, not everyone has that aptitude or sensitivity, I don’t know if the OP will ever figure out what he needs to do in that regard since I don’t know him so all that’s left is some educated speculation/advice unless someone wants to go out and work the bugs out of this car for him.