More on corner balancing:

The procedure:
1. Set your ride height and rake by simple height measurements from a standard point, such as lower A arm to ground or where ever you pick. Rake will influence how angled the car looks and of course F/R weight distribution. More angled (lower in front) could help with overall down force?

2. Use the scales to get the weight with driver at desired ride height/rake.

3. Use the spread sheet at the link below to set your weights.

Area 1 is for your car's weights with no driver, just for your info and to calculate how heavy you are.

Area 2 is for your original weights with driver. From this the Ideal Weights will be calculated.

Area 3 is where you would put in your final weights after you have gotten fed up trying for the ideal.

The starting values are for my S.


Corner Weights Sheet

 

If I may add my tuppence here. I added the Cusco front ARB and I also had a drive of PL's badly setup (at the time) car.

ARB's are great for making the car more taught without ruining the ride. It enables the car to transfer weight across the car. Whilst adding a front ARB is technically adding understeer, due to the way the S is setup as standard, it removed that initial moment of turn in understeer as the suspension settles as it employs the less loaded tyre more.

PL's car at the time had far too stiff a rear ARB (I think) which made the rear VERY snappy. And I do mean VERY. There was no progression to the rear, it either gripped or it slid. Softening it up means you have better feel, but *may* depending on your set up, have less grip.

Detaching the rear ARB is a standard trick to make the S more driveable in the wet.

My final point is that any car setup is ALWAYS a compromise. British roads are awful so we are one of the hardest countries to setup for. Where you have billiard smooth roads, like Germany and Japan etc, it's pretty easy to setup, people tend to go for rock hard Coilovers and soft ARB's. Our rubbish surfaces lend themselves to ARB upgrades. That's not to say there isn't a benefit to coilovers, but you want smaller spring rates otherwise you'll spend all your time in the air, just like Dembo does

 

This is for a different car, but the principles are largely the same

 

 

Very useful!

 

I can't guarantee the complete accuracy of it, but I know that the principles behind it are sound.