khamai said:
Just a suggestion... but I'm sure Becker & friends at Hethel have tried most every alignment setting possible. It seems to me that it would make sense to ask them about how to optimize grip or whatever handling characteristic you desire before changing stuff. Remember these guys are racers and have tested this car to death (as in performance testing and optimization - not "comfort" testing).
Tony Shute will be at LOG. Might be a good opportunity to ask him.
I have several years of track experience but wanted to keep my car reasonable for New England roads, so I ordered the standard suspension. I wondered about mild track tweaks also. Mark Starr at Hunting Ridge Motors asked Nick Adams for me, and here's Nick's response:
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.... the standard settings are pretty good for track use, we don't really compromise the geometry for road use. The best suggestion would be for him to drive his car as supplied and see how he gets on with it and to then make adjustments from there to suit his particular driving style or preferences. For example, if he finds the car tends to understeer a little too much he could increase the front negative camber a touch, but at the expense of high speed stability and braking stability. To be honest, I would always suggest someone tries to alter his driving to suit the car which is often the better course to follow as you tend to take good driving habits with you unlike upgrades to the car.
An inexperienced driver can quickly screw up a cars set-up badly trying to dial out issues which are really down to poor driving technique.... The same goes for tyre pressures, start off with the factory settings, 1.8F/2.0R bar cold and see how it goes. As far as shaving tyres goes it will help lap times, but it's expensive unless you really need the tenths it will achieve, ie: racing. A more cost effective solution for track days would be the sports suspension option, but then again the road ride quality will suffer....
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It would be great if someone would also ask at LOG and post any responses.
Charles