Charlie and Katie both made excellent points that I agree with- go by
the timeslip (giving enough runs to rule out driver-induced noise) and
take notes. I have a small notebook which I no longer use since my car
pretty much drives itself these days:) I'd be happy to give it to you.
When I drove your car with the front bar full soft and rear full stiff,
the balance was fine but I was convinced that the bone stock 330Ci I
drove last year would have been faster. And I think looking at your
results in the last couple events you are definitely going in the right
direction!:)
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Smokerbros@aol.com [mailto:Smokerbros@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:18 AM
To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Sways, How much bar is too much bar?
In a message dated 4/22/03 8:34:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jmacko@macko.net
writes:
> I'm kicking around the idea of going full stiff front, full stiff
> rear. Working with the idea that I'd end up nearly equal amounts of
> bar increase on both front and back. Is this an improvement worth
> considering?
I would first increase the front bar, then decide whether to increase
the
rear, though I would probably try it, too. One change at a time...
Concrete
is the best place to try it, as Katie mentioned. I'd try to get to AAS
at
Castle on Saturday, where you'll have more runs to try things... Then,
if
you're going to the Tour and/or Pro, continue testing there. Also,
remember
that if you put one side of the rear bar on stiff and the other on soft,
it
splits the difference.
And document your changes by the time slip, not by car feel. 20 years
ago I
had a CSP RX-3 that felt more neutral with more rear bar, but was always
fastest with less rear bar and feeling a little pushy... Tried it a
number
of times, but the result was always the same.
Charlie
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