VW Racer - Suspension set-up?

[Cory_Langford at bcit.ca (Cory Langford)]

So a good stiff set of springs in the front is the best way to go.

Would the retention of a stock 16V front sway help at all with a heavy set
of springs (say 500-600) or do you think it would hinder the performance?

Cory


-----Eric Person <eperson@gmail.com> wrote: -----

>To: Nate Mellom
>From: Eric Person
>Date: 01/24/2007 07:57PM
>cc: Tonee Northam , Cory Langford
>, Scirocco List
>Subject: Re: VW Racer - Suspension set-up?
>
>Neuspeed race w/ koni yellows
>Nearly full stiff at the rear, maybe 1/3 to 1/2 up front. No front
>bar,
>stock rear bar. Needs the 28mm rear bar that I have in the garage,
>but
>there are times when the thing rotates so much on lift throttle that
>I
>question the need for it. I think it will help balance the car out,
>but
>on the street it will be fun to keep the tail underneath it. With
>race
>tires it isnt an issue really. I think im going to try it out this
>year
>and see if its too much. I have nothing behind my front seats
>however,
>so there really isnt much weight in the rear at all. I think the
>real
>issue is my spring rates, I would much rather be a bit stiffer in the
>
>rear and a little in the front even, but get the ride height up all
>around. Its quite low as it sits, which probably isnt helping. I
>also
>could use more camber, but Im kinda limited by rubbing on the inner
>fenders and strut housings. Camber plates would be ideal.
>
>As far as the front bar issue, I dont care either way, as long as its
>
>balanced out with the rest of the suspension. Different people like
>
>different setups. If I ran a front bar I would go with a 28mm rear
>bar
>for sure. I got so tired of the A1's half ass front bar design that
>I
>was about to take a hammer to the whole front suspension. The front
>end
>links are impossible, they break all the time unless you run a stock
>
>bar, they are so close to the half shafts and cv boots that they are
>
>impossible to deal with, and when I went to the billet aluminum
>mounts,
>I succeeded in losing the bolts in them and the bracket falling off.
>
>Its just a shitty design any way you look at it, and even if it works
>
>for you, it still unloads the inside front wheel on corners and you
>end
>up with no traction unless you are quaife'd. I threw away all that
>tacked on bracketry and shitty piece of tubular steel last year and
>havent looked back. I can see both sides of the argument, it just
>for a
>race car get the right spring rates on your coilovers to start with
>so
>as to have the roll stiffness you want, play with the rear bar if
>needed, but ditch the front. I never thought I would agree with that
>
>blowhard Dick Shine on anything, but I guess I do.
>
>I guess it doesnt help this is my one and only car, street car, race
>
>car, grocery getter, highway road trip car, everything :)
>
>Eric
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