New setup = understeer
Part of it is also your spring rates. Your old 13k/11k setup had the front springs 18% stiffer than the rears. With your new spring setup of 12k/10k, the fronts are now 20% stiffer than the rears. So it's a slight swing towards understeer mixed with your assumed stiffer sway bar leading to more understeer. You also removed a lot of stuff which may be swing the weight distribution forward a bit also leading to understeer. Though you added a roll bar... regardless, this is your new baseline. I'd put the old bar back on, assuming it's softer, and see what happens.
I'm pretty much stock, wingless ap1 w/:
koni yellows
K&N FIPK
RS3 F225/R255
saner fsb (middle setting)
Psychoazn drove my car on the track, he thinks my car understeers like crazy.
But i also drive a STI, so the S2k is oversteer compared to my STI.. lol
I think ill try the fsb soft setting at the next track event, and if i still dont like it, ill swap it back to stock.
koni yellows
K&N FIPK
RS3 F225/R255
saner fsb (middle setting)
Psychoazn drove my car on the track, he thinks my car understeers like crazy.
But i also drive a STI, so the S2k is oversteer compared to my STI.. lol
I think ill try the fsb soft setting at the next track event, and if i still dont like it, ill swap it back to stock.
Part of it is also your spring rates. Your old 13k/11k setup had the front springs 18% stiffer than the rears. With your new spring setup of 12k/10k, the fronts are now 20% stiffer than the rears. So it's a slight swing towards understeer mixed with your assumed stiffer sway bar leading to more understeer. You also removed a lot of stuff which may be swing the weight distribution forward a bit also leading to understeer. Though you added a roll bar... regardless, this is your new baseline. I'd put the old bar back on, assuming it's softer, and see what happens.
I'm pretty much stock, wingless ap1 w/:
koni yellows
K&N FIPK
RS3 F225/R255
saner fsb (middle setting)
Psychoazn drove my car on the track, he thinks my car understeers like crazy.
But i also drive a STI, so the S2k is oversteer compared to my STI.. lol
I think ill try the fsb soft setting at the next track event, and if i still dont like it, ill swap it back to stock.
koni yellows
K&N FIPK
RS3 F225/R255
saner fsb (middle setting)
Psychoazn drove my car on the track, he thinks my car understeers like crazy.
But i also drive a STI, so the S2k is oversteer compared to my STI.. lol
I think ill try the fsb soft setting at the next track event, and if i still dont like it, ill swap it back to stock.
another vote for going back to stock front sway. I don't think it's needed on an S2000 unless as a last resort.
My setup is as follows:
Ohlins DFV 10kg/8kg (so leaning more to understeer than your setup)
225 front/255 rear (so again, more understeer)
camber: -2.5 front, -2.8 rear.
my car is mostly steady to slight oversteer on slow speed corners. Last track day had a little too much oversteer in high speed corners for my absolute liking. Not one hint of understeer though.
My setup is as follows:
Ohlins DFV 10kg/8kg (so leaning more to understeer than your setup)
225 front/255 rear (so again, more understeer)
camber: -2.5 front, -2.8 rear.
my car is mostly steady to slight oversteer on slow speed corners. Last track day had a little too much oversteer in high speed corners for my absolute liking. Not one hint of understeer though.
That is true, but these are the same tires I used last track day, and I didn't notice any hint of understeer.










