I think you might be taking my reply a little too seriously. My use of GIFs are my way of conveying strong sarcasm.
Yup, you typically don't want a lot of rear camber in a rwd car. The suspension geometry in the rear does allow camber gain so you likely are running more dynamic camber than you think.
I'm afraid I don't know how to take that .gif either - even after explanation it's still not clear. (I'd expect it from Terry Fair, though).
Not by direct intention, anyway. Couple of weeks from today I'll be 74 y/o retired engineer, and such visuals as icons, smileys, memes, and gifs don't always come across as intended. That's on me, I suppose . . .
No worries. Apparently my particular type of sarcasm and chicanery isn't universally appreciated. Who knew!
Yep. This is why I didn't ask him specifically. That's a can of worms that's pretty wild to open.
why not Steeda dual-rate rears?
For race applications you want a predictable linear rate. If you are valving shocks to match it is important so you do not have wild swings in damping rates as you engage spring coils between rates. Aside from that with dual rate springs you could still get yourself into trouble if you're not ready for the changes in spring rate at corner entry/ exit.
Good in theory, but in actual driving, the dual rate rears are perfectly predictable. With or without the dual rate or stiff (650ftlb) linear front springs, with and w/o aero, with cheap and expensive dampers, and with 8 or 9 different codrivers, only one of whom had anything but praise for the car setup. That one guy had issue with the rear axle setup and he was relatively inexperienced to RWD (only a little corvette seat time).
What was the spring length vs ride height? How many coils were engaged at the car's static ride height with fuel and driver? A large majority of people use dual rate springs but actually by preload or by actual spring rate will engage all of the initial rate coils and then operate in the next stage of the spring rate (basically making it linear anyway). Also cheap vs expensive damper doesn't mean anything either with regards to what damping they can generate. Your value in shocks mainly comes with the service interval of parts, followed by time spent on building a damper curve.
