wildcatgoal
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Analyze the response more critically so you can tweak knowing where to start first.
So, with the setting a 1/4 up front and 1 in the back, did it understeer or oversteer? Did you feel steering was okay or did it feel delayed or lazy based upon your input? How did the car act in heavy braking? Nevermind so much about any feeling of front end dive for now (that's going to happen...) but did it want to head left or right on you? Did the back end feel funny?
You're chasing a balance, not perfection (not possible, and especially not without Penske-grade coilovers and track-rate springs... on a track, anyway).
What I've found, albeit with MUCH firmer springs (Steeda Dual Rate Comp) that, on track, the car is very stable at 2 turns on all dampers but I achieve better times with 1.5 turns, this on tires that have a very soft sidewall (Conti DW).
You will also do yourself some good testing tire pressures before you fool with shocks much. Leave them at 1 since you like that for now, and go from 30 cold to 28 cold to 26 cold and feel the difference. Not sure what tires you're running but I'm betting if they're summer tires, 28 will feel pretty good. 26 dependent on the tire. Conti DWs seemed to actually do their job at 26 psi but I liked Pirelli PZeros at 28. Find a tire pressure that you feel is suitable - car seems to grip better - and then up the shocks to 1.5 and also try front and back at .5. Spend time being critical of the car on a few laps vs. chasing times your run group.
Sometimes I wonder how people would adjust anything more than a single adjustable damper... haha. The variables with a single are plenty.
So, with the setting a 1/4 up front and 1 in the back, did it understeer or oversteer? Did you feel steering was okay or did it feel delayed or lazy based upon your input? How did the car act in heavy braking? Nevermind so much about any feeling of front end dive for now (that's going to happen...) but did it want to head left or right on you? Did the back end feel funny?
You're chasing a balance, not perfection (not possible, and especially not without Penske-grade coilovers and track-rate springs... on a track, anyway).
What I've found, albeit with MUCH firmer springs (Steeda Dual Rate Comp) that, on track, the car is very stable at 2 turns on all dampers but I achieve better times with 1.5 turns, this on tires that have a very soft sidewall (Conti DW).
You will also do yourself some good testing tire pressures before you fool with shocks much. Leave them at 1 since you like that for now, and go from 30 cold to 28 cold to 26 cold and feel the difference. Not sure what tires you're running but I'm betting if they're summer tires, 28 will feel pretty good. 26 dependent on the tire. Conti DWs seemed to actually do their job at 26 psi but I liked Pirelli PZeros at 28. Find a tire pressure that you feel is suitable - car seems to grip better - and then up the shocks to 1.5 and also try front and back at .5. Spend time being critical of the car on a few laps vs. chasing times your run group.
Sometimes I wonder how people would adjust anything more than a single adjustable damper... haha. The variables with a single are plenty.
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