Sway bar setting
#31
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Its really not that complex. Just torque to 50ft lb, if you want, add a drop of blue lock-tight.
I tracked a Lotus for 8yrs =12000+ track miles and you get to understand how every nut and bolt can come louse.
carl
I tracked a Lotus for 8yrs =12000+ track miles and you get to understand how every nut and bolt can come louse.
carl
#33
Think of bending a long strip of metal. The further apart you hold it the easier it is to bend, while the closer towards the middle you hold it, the harder it will be to bend/flex.
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AngeloGTS (03-04-2024)
#35
Another question on the sway bars. Quite a few very track experienced guys have told me that they also use "midway" settings on cars with adjustable sway bars. For example, on the front you can set one side of the bar at the middle hole while the other side is on the softest hole - thereby getting a "midway" setting between full soft and medium...etc etc..
Anyone tried this?
Anyone tried this?
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Another question on the sway bars. Quite a few very track experienced guys have told me that they also use "midway" settings on cars with adjustable sway bars. For example, on the front you can set one side of the bar at the middle hole while the other side is on the softest hole - thereby getting a "midway" setting between full soft and medium...etc etc..
Anyone tried this?
Anyone tried this?
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#39
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front tires get beaten up regardless of sway bar setting, but your bar setup for understeer probably doesn't help
#40
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Soft and soft last weekend at autocross. Mid 40s temp and Hoosier A7s with 8 events/75 heat cycles already on them. Car felt awesome from the start and even the first run felt grippy. Turn in and power out like a much warmer day. I ended up winning my class for a seasons trophy, and <.1 from fastest raw time. That belonged to a full time national level car/driver with 315s X 4 corners.
#42
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Soft front, full hard rear. But when I added the JRZ set up i had too much oversteer. I moved the rear bar to the middle. I will try this in a couple of weeks.
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Hdizzle (08-25-2024)
#45
I have gone back to middle/middle for fast work, middle/hard makes the car unstable imo at faster on the limit speeds.
better to have a dialed in geo, and for track middle/middle imo
middle /hard is a good road set up mine you on the stock geo for most people.
The rears def to hard on full hard at 100% going for it , it could do with a mid way setting.
Of course we all have our own views and some want harder rear still !! which I find odd.
I think you will find once people get a more racey geo they will go back to the rear at middle setting.
better to have a dialed in geo, and for track middle/middle imo
middle /hard is a good road set up mine you on the stock geo for most people.
The rears def to hard on full hard at 100% going for it , it could do with a mid way setting.
Of course we all have our own views and some want harder rear still !! which I find odd.
I think you will find once people get a more racey geo they will go back to the rear at middle setting.