>From what I have noticed on fwd cars is what josh was talking about. Since we
>have all that weight on our drive wheels, lets put it to good use. I assume
>that most of us auto-x'ers have some camber on the car (I run -1.5 deg on all
>four). By having the front of the car a little more plush than the rear, it
>allows the car to use the camber to it's advantage. If your car is level
>through a corner, then the camber is useless (other than tire wear).
My current setup for the jetta is lowering springs (1.25"), Tekico adustable
shocks (I run on 4 for the rears, and 2 for the fronts), and a aluminum rear
sway bar. From what I can tell at the events, this is a fairly good setup.
The car is very netural, and I dont have much wheel spin. I have been running
in STS, and I have been keeping up with Impreza RS's, which is what I was
hoping for.
Hope this helps some,
Ryan
'87 GLI 16v
>From: "Denis Palmans"
>To: "A2-16v"
>Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Suspension Report Auto X
>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:33:31 -0700
>
>I think I disagree on this. Not adding any swaybars to the front is just as
>pointless as only adding a huge rear sway bar. The swaybars connect the
>suspension on both sides of the car, allowing for roll resistance. A larger
>front swaybar would help to keep both front tires in contact with the
>ground, which should allow for more grip in order to turn faster and harder.
>Adding a huge bar to the back and leaving the front alone seems like it is
>not what you would want to do. It would change the car from understeer to
>slight oversteer, which while it would defiantly be fun would also be more
>unpredictable and probably not as fast and consistent.
>I agree with adding on a rear bar, but to not add a front bar, or
>disconnecting the front bar does not seem like a good idea to me. Adding a
>front bar, and then dialing in a rear bar from there to provide the best
>feel seems like it should be how to go. Just because the car understeers or
>doesn't 'feel' as fast doesn't mean it really is slower.
>It would almost be like running much higher rate springs on the rear than on
>the front of the car.
>
>Any suspension experts in here?
>
>-Denis
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "DocWyte"
>To: "Rich Blake"
; "A2-16v"
>Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:12 AM
>Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Suspension Report Auto X
>
>
> > Add the largest rear swaybar you can. I like the
> > Shine Racing swaybar, it has no brackets that can fail
> > and no bushings that creak.
> >
> > Leave the stock front swaybar in place!!! If you add
> > a larger front swaybar you might as well not even
> > bother to get swaybars at all, you'll only be
> > counteracting the larger rear swaybar and dialing in
> > understeer...
> >
> > -josh
> >
> >
> > --- Rich Blake
wrote:
> > > Finally got the car on the track with the new
> > > suspension bits (Bilstien
> > > HD/H&R Sport springs) and results are good and bad.
> > > The good is that the
> > > car is much less prone to body roll and turn in is
> > > more precise and smooth.
> > > Definately feels much better than stock suspension.
> > > The bad is I'm still
> > > pushing hard coming out of the corners which tells
> > > me I need some stiffer
> > > swaybars. I tried to play with tire pressure and
> > > lowering the rears 2 psi
> > > got me .200 sec slower. Overall however, I am about
> > > 2 seconds faster than
> > > before with the new stuff. With street tires I am
> > > in the lower mid pack in
> > > DSP which is pretty good for a mostly stock under
> > > prepared car. Stiffer
> > > bars, more neg camber (@-1.5 now) and some actual
> > > race tires and I might be
> > > competitive. Saving dollars...
> > >
> > > Rich Blake
> > >
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