got shocks?

[tomc at satx.rr.com (tomc)]

OK then, is lifting the rear wheel necessarily a bad thing? Am I losing
that much time by not cornering as flat as other cars. Maybe I'll
re-think this and go to stiffer springs first then play with sway bars.
Right now my car is handling pretty neutral (meaning I tend to slide
sideways in a corner instead of over-steering or under-steering) when
pushed depending on my tire pressures. I can also induce some over-steer
when wanted. I kind of like this balance, I just want to make the car
stick better. I have the CRX beat in torque and straight line speed, but
it out corners me. Another problem is putting the power down after the
turn, I tend to spin the tires or not use nearly the power I have on tap
until I'm fully straight. 

Is this boring everyone? Should I take this to the VWautoX list (I
didn't know there was one)?

TomC
'79 "The Project" Scirocco 
http://www.tom-c.com



On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 10:44, Dan Bubb wrote:
> If your inner rear tire is in the air then putting a bigger rear bar on the car will only lift the
> rear tire higher in the air!
> Once you've got a tire in the air adding roll stiffness to that end will do no good.
> Putting a bigger front bar on would reduce overall roll. It may seem counterintuitive but a bigger
> front bar will probably increase your cornering speed.
> Normally a bigger front bar will increase understeer, but in the autocross environment where you've
> already got a rear tire in the air putting a larger front bar will reduce overall roll and as a
> result the front tires are more perpendicular to the road and will grip better. (at least that's
> some of the consensus of the VWautocross yahoo group)
> Normally I wouldn't consider poly bushings, but again, in this environment the stiffer bushings
> would probably make a big contribution to limiting unwanted positive camber due to bushing
> deflection.
> Getting back to the shocks. I have Koni's (and damned old ones at that!) on my 84 with Eibach
> springs and new Gabriels (which are supposed to be equivalent to Boge's) on my 87 with H & R
> springs. There is absolutely no comparison in terms of stability and control between the two cars.
> Where the 87 bobs and weaves and floats thru turns the 84 is just totally buttoned down.
> I think in the autocross environment Konis or Bilstiens would make a huge difference although it
> hasn't been my experience that they will necessarily keep your back tires on the ground.
> http://www.funksoulkitty.org/miscpics/autocross2_t.jpg
> 
> Dan
> 
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