First track day shakedown

Zauskycop

Okay...I have to say...

A thicker front swaybar will NOT help with understeer. It won't. The camber may, but the swaybar will not. It confuses me when people say this...

Tracy Ramsey

wstar

It can sometimes, counter-intuitively. I won't argue the point with you, since it's a ridiculously complicated topic and I'm not a suspension engineer (I don't even play one on TV!), and it's not like I've gone and attempted adding removing every possible combination of settings and stock/aftermarket suspension bits either But there are all kinds of complicated interactions going on even with a simple item like a swaybar.

In the net, I do think a stiffer front bar + adding both caster and camber in the front (I'm at approx -2.5 and 6 now on the SPL camber arms) is the magic ticket on this car for trackday stuff (assuming reasonably-upgraded coilovers and grippy tires), and I don't get any understeer issues to speak of (nor, for that matter, do I get out-of-control twitchy oversteer - I get a nice neutral feeling that's easy to push into controlled oversteer). I think the stiff front bar is part of the equation.

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