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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 05:30 AM
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The car was loose on the exit and is stable everywhere else. But after driving yesterday I've decided to keep the setup. I'm just a little smoother with my throttle inputs and eliminate it getting loose. Thanks for the setup...Car handles like a dream!!!
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 11:02 PM
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lowering compression is probably what you'd want to do.
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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Rubn1out4GudLuk,Jun 27 2010, 05:30 AM
The car was loose on the exit and is stable everywhere else. But after driving yesterday I've decided to keep the setup. I'm just a little smoother with my throttle inputs and eliminate it getting loose. Thanks for the setup...Car handles like a dream!!!
Try softening the rear rebound to 6 clicks (from full stiff). It's not that hard to adjust. Feel it out, you can always change it back.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 05:48 AM
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Why doesn't anyone use rideheight as a tuning aid? I would think lowering the rear of the car would put the power down on corner exit and would hurt any of the other setttings...
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by chetly,Jul 6 2010, 07:48 AM
Why doesn't anyone use rideheight as a tuning aid? I would think lowering the rear of the car would put the power down on corner exit and would hurt any of the other setttings...
you need an alignment after adjusting ride height. So for the most part people set ride height (or get corner balanced) and then play around with rebound and compression settings.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 06:26 AM
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lowering the car 1 or 2 turns on the KW's isnt going to make your alignment all screwy. It actually has very little affect on the alignment from what i've seen on my car.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by chetly,Jul 6 2010, 08:26 AM
lowering the car 1 or 2 turns on the KW's isnt going to make your alignment all screwy. It actually has very little affect on the alignment from what i've seen on my car.
If you change height, you change camber but more importantly you change toe. It might only be a little bit but it will still change. Adjusting compression and rebound does not effect alignment.

This is why people usually do not play around frequently with ride height after it is set. Corner weighting is not cheap so it is usually set and forget.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Billj747,Jul 5 2010, 07:38 PM
Try softening the rear rebound to 6 clicks (from full stiff). It's not that hard to adjust. Feel it out, you can always change it back.
Rear rebound should have no effect powering out of a corner, no? Back end's squatting, not lifting.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 07:46 AM
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When the car goes through its range of motion during driving it's also going to change camber and toe so whats the difference? Change the car to make it feel better...

Besides, I only corner weight the car to get it close, I still make changes to the ride height based on track surface temp, tire temp, and what the car is doing.
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by chetly,Jul 6 2010, 09:46 AM
When the car goes through its range of motion during driving it's also going to change camber and toe so whats the difference? Change the car to make it feel better...

Besides, I only corner weight the car to get it close, I still make changes to the ride height based on track surface temp, tire temp, and what the car is doing.
You change ride height based on track temp (which presumably changes throughout the day)? Wow, that is dedication.




I am pretty lazy and just generally fine tune with coilover, swaybar, aero and tire pressure adjustments. Anything else I just adjust driving style to compensate for changes (tire wear, track temps, wet/dry etc).
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