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Old 09-03-2011
Richard Lowe Richard Lowe is offline
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What tyres are you running on Marco? Stagger ribs on the front by the sounds of it...? You're best leaving staggers as a last resort on very high grip tracks, on anything lower grip they just arn't fast on a B4 in my experience.

I've been playing with heavier oils a bit recently, I've found with the same oil/pistons in them the V2 shocks end up feeling softer than V1's. Running the usual 30/35w the car feels too soft and flops around all over on higher grip and it is hard work on fast/slight direction changes like a chicane that's not quite a straight line through. Currently I'm on 45w/2/Blue on the front and 35w/1/Silver at the rear which is working pretty well, although I've not been outdoors with it just yet so I couldn't say if it would be too stiff for proper bumps.

Colmo - Try moving any weight you can to the front of the car, including moving to long wheelbase unless you are already there. Also how much antisquat are you running? Any less than 2 and the B4 pushes loads on-power. Get some limiters in those front shocks too, that'll stop all the weight going to the back when you step on the gas. How much toe in are you running on the back? If you are on the 4.1 kit standard 3.5 degrees drop it back down to 3, this makes a bigger difference than you'd think...

What happens to the car right before it grip rolls on you? Does the back collapse lifting the inside front wheel, or does the front grab and throw it sideways?


One more thing I tried last weekend that the US guys are doing that I really liked was the carbon rear wishbones. The new plastic is quite a bit softer than the old stuff, grab hold of the rear hub and try and twist it forwards and backwards... With the shock mounted as it is right at the front of the arm this flex will be contributing to the suspension quite a bit and not in a good way! I tried the new plastic and carbon back to back and the carbon felt much better. The rear felt much more planted and stable - it also felt to have much more grip yet the car didn't lose any steering
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