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got shocks?



A tire can't help you much when its not on the ground now can it?
:)
Larry
sandiego16v

> 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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