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Originally Posted by jcb
Cheers for the big-up Andy  |
No worries Jon - credit where credit's due.
Can't agree more with what Jon just posted. At the Oswestry national, I swapped to the rear motor 22 in the wet. First run the car felt as if the back end would suddenly let go in mid corner and would want to swap ends. After a bit of head scratching, I ended up going up a spring rate at the rear to stiffen it and it transformed it.
Who'd of thought stiffening the rear would yield apparently more traction but effectively it controlled the body roll more and kept the weight transfer more controlled.
I hope these snippets do help - after all, that's what these forums are all about but equally, each of us drives differently to each other. What works for Darren (Bloomfield) doesn't always work for me for instance. Darren is incredibly talented and has more natural ability in his little toe than I have in my entire body - but his setup doesn't make me go faster.
What makes me more consistent (thus hopefully faster) is working to achieve a balanced set up that suits my style and understanding the dynamics and physics that affect the car. Whilst driving styles may vary, Physics has an annoying habit of being rather constant
but at least that consistency helps us to understand directionally how changes affect the balance so we can apply that knowledge thereafter across different situations.
There's also 101 ways to skin a cat (sorry for the Schumacher pun) - so you can get the same effect overall by taking different set up approaches. That's what makes this hobby so much fun as it constantly pushes our understanding and we constantly learn (and share) in order to go faster next time.
Keep the questions coming though - I'll not profess to know everything (or indeed very much) but the answers I'll give will always be 100% honest to the best of my current understanding
