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Originally Posted by Richard Lowe
Can you post your exact setup Roger?
Been using your Bury starting set-up as a base but have been up and down upto 2 spring grades at both ends (keeping a balance and also biasing one end by one grade). Also run links from the longest to the shortest (as your Bury set-up). I might have mis-read the sheet but it still looks like it's on the inner hole to me! Car always feels poor no matter whatTBH.
As Lee has said already we almost never run on the inside hole of the front wishbone unless desperate for steering, on the outside the car is very consistent.
Been REALLY desperate for steerign on ever run .... the sliding back end I can live with ... so long as the front isn't pushing hard at the same time which has been the case.
I've only managed to get the centre one-way to feel right at one event, and that was Tiverton on dirt so generally the centre one-way is a no no.
I am really not a fan of front one-ways, not even a little bit as I find they make the car inconsistent as you modulate the throttle to control turn radius and absolutely unpredictable when you have to shut the throttle mid corner (say to avoid somebody having their own accident). Not really keen on spending big bucks on something that I will probably use once and then leave in the box so unless somebody has one I can borrow to try it's unlikely to happen.
Another thing to look for is how aggresivly you are driving, the car really likes you to be gentle and controlled - sit back, drive at 90% and let it do the work, 'ragging it' just doesn't work.
I'm an old stock racer and thus I try to keep as much corner speed as possible and be gentle on the sticks (couldn't afford to scrub off speed as you didn't have any power!). In fact when I have a car to my liking I only really use full lock in low speed hairpins and to get out of sticky spots. Most people can't drive my cars as they need such a light touch.
Something else I have found is the car always feels 'loose' and moves around more than most other cars, when it's set up correctly and is fast you are almost in a permanent state of drift.
That is fine by me, rather that than it grip rolling and snatching about!!
Paul - I remember when you had a go with my car at Southport, you almost needed a change of underpants first time you turned into a corner haha  |
I am greatful for any help offered at the moment as I am currently of the opinion that nothing other than a re-engineering job to move a fair chunk of the weight forward is going to help. If that is the case I'd probably try a different chassis as I just don't have anywhere to test without driving for around 1.5 hours plus due to living in racing no-mans-land ... Cheltenham.
Any further suggestions (other than fitting a one way diff)????