Increasing Coilover Spring Rate?
#23
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450/350 will oversteer in all situations regardless of swaybar combo, BTW.
#24
I disagree. I field calls all the time from people who have trouble with oversteer after buying coilovers with mismatched spring rates. 450/350 will never handle correctly, regardless of what sways you throw at it.
450/350 will oversteer in all situations regardless of swaybar combo, BTW.
450/350 will oversteer in all situations regardless of swaybar combo, BTW.
(That said, I have a set of Xida sitting in a box waiting to go on.)
#25
I wasn't going to bother following up as it's a comprised setup regardless, but with RB front / 11mm rear at 450/350 koni sports I too suffered from understeer, as stated. Saying it will oversteer in all situations is untrue. There must be another variable at play. Lack of rear travel, driving styles, etc.
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Consider that Spec Miatas run 700/375 with a slightly larger rear bar, but you claim to have understeer with 450/350. By that math, SMs should push horribly, but they don't. If you two have issues with understeer, it's setup or old/bad tires.
#28
Weights are 2494 with driver
FL660 FR600
LR638 RR595.
And again, 450/350 on koni yellow with 1" solid front and stock 1990 rear.
If you can tell me why it understeers that would be great, because everything I have read says it shouldn't but it does. Could also be inexperianced driver?
Camber is maxed for the ride height. I am adding ELBJs to fix that while I put the Xidas on this winter.
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So you have front toe in and you wonder why the car pushes?
e: 0.3deg toe in on a 23" tire is 1/8" total front toe in. If you look up "how to make my car not rotate at all under any circumstances", you'll find "front toe in". Fix your awful alignment
e: 0.3deg toe in on a 23" tire is 1/8" total front toe in. If you look up "how to make my car not rotate at all under any circumstances", you'll find "front toe in". Fix your awful alignment
#34
Just to back up the recommendations for the smaller RB 1.125" sway bar:
Most MSM buyers prefer the RB 1.125" front sway bar despite the 1.25" being recommended by RB (I originally had the larger bar and switched to the 1.125" bar after I'd had a track day with it).
The OEM MSM rear sway bar is 14mm and is typically kept.
Most MSM buyers prefer the RB 1.125" front sway bar despite the 1.25" being recommended by RB (I originally had the larger bar and switched to the 1.125" bar after I'd had a track day with it).
The OEM MSM rear sway bar is 14mm and is typically kept.