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« on: August 18, 2011, 06:14:21 PM » |
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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2011, 06:29:26 PM » |
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Good stuff... great link.
One of the biggest misconceptions we have to get over at autocross is dropping a car is the answer for cornering. It's not. Your suspension needs to "work". The suspension as a whole needs to articulate in order to stay flat and hooked. Us live axle folks are already at a disadvantage, but things like this make it alot better.
I was actually running TOO MUCH sway bar initially. Keeping the rear end even with the car... once into the hard corners of SCCA, I would lift the inside tire and light them both up with any amount of throttle. A softer Caprice bar helped a great deal... that and learning how to control exit accelleration.
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2011, 07:42:12 PM » |
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^^^ "cut stock coil springs" + hellaflush camber + stretched tires automagically = "supercar handling"  ricer suspension tuning FTLolz |
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2011, 12:32:58 AM » |
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Cut? WTF, man? Why do that when you can heat them while their on the car and get the stance juuuuuust right. That way the spring loses ALL of it's function and you never need a coil compressor. LOL
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1996 DGGM Impala SS - 249hp & 296tq - 14.78 @ 90.12 mph - 4440lbs w/ driver
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2011, 03:52:46 PM » |
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IIRC, SVT did something similar with the '93 Cobra. "Softened the suspension" a tad which made the body roll a little more in corners and transitions, but the car did improve handling-wise compared to the 5.0 GT/LX.
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2011, 04:02:41 PM » |
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^^^ "cut stock coil springs" + hellaflush camber + stretched tires automagically = "supercar handling" ricer suspension tuning FTLolz Sounds like youre referring to the "stance thread" LOL |
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Just an old Fox-body Mustang with a fresh engine/trans/rear and some nice brakes.
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HawaiiKid
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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2011, 04:11:35 PM » |
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I like the animations-I've had a hard time "visualizing" how some of that stuff works. Very cool
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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2011, 08:08:09 PM » |
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Function > Form
Function + Form = Thing of Beauty
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2011, 07:25:12 AM » |
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Cut? WTF, man? Why do that when you can heat them while their on the car and get the stance juuuuuust right. That way the spring loses ALL of it's function and you never need a coil compressor. LOL
reminescing of a certain wheel and tire shop that used to do that! |
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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2011, 03:26:02 PM » |
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Cut? WTF, man? Why do that when you can heat them while their on the car and get the stance juuuuuust right. That way the spring loses ALL of it's function and you never need a coil compressor. LOL
reminescing of a certain wheel and tire shop that used to do that! Hope they're still not in business or at least started doing suspension mods the right way. Did they ever blow up any shocks or struts doing that? |
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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2011, 09:44:00 PM » |
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Cut? WTF, man? Why do that when you can heat them while their on the car and get the stance juuuuuust right. That way the spring loses ALL of it's function and you never need a coil compressor. LOL
reminescing of a certain wheel and tire shop that used to do that! Hope they're still not in business or at least started doing suspension mods the right way. Did they ever blow up any shocks or struts doing that? no longer in business... they also did exhaust work... that should give you a clue. |
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