Heya!
next weekend i have my very first Track training/ race at a actual racetrack
i was wondering what generally would be the best shock settings/ Tire pres. for this type of driving??

i have stock springs, Koni D-spec adjustables,
tire size 265/ 40/ 18
Goodritch KDW
all else stock
(unknown if it will be rain or shine yet)
thank for the help
M

 

Well, I would say just leave them at their current settings. On your first track event, just concentrate on the line, braking, safety. After a few events you'll get the feel for the car, then you can make changes if needed.

 

What he said....don't touch anything until you learn how to DRIVE your car. How you drive on the street is nothing compared to a good track session.

 

Whoa, hold on here fellows, look at his sig,......he has doube adjustable Tokico's, not single adjustable Koni's. While it's common to set Koni's at full soft on their rebound only control and to track test. Tokico's also ship full soft, meaning compression dampning/rebound settings are going to be a lot softer them oem, whereas the Koni's come out of the box with compression dampning preset and never changing. I wouldn't step foot on the track with Tokico's set at full soft. I would set them at 4 turn's off of full stiff at the very least if not 3 turns off of full stiff.

What really matters is how they were set when installed, or if no one turned the adjustor's on top at all.

 

hi thanx for the replys
The Tokicos shipped at full Hard, (adjuter screws all the way in)
i tried them like that but were way to hard for daily driving arround here on these roads,
so i CHANGED them to about mid-way biased to the firm,

thats gave the best ride for the daily driving and reducing understeer...

so you guys are saying to leave it that way for the track...
see how it handles and go from there?
or ?.......

 

so you guys are saying to leave it that way for the track...
see how it handles and go from there?
or ?.......[/QUOTE]

Exactly. Just leave it there and learn the track and the car. After a few events, once your starting to get a feel for your surroundings and learning how to drive a car on a full road course, THEN you can start making changes to your setup.
Right now the car is A LOT faster then you are. It will take sometime to learn both it's good and bad habits (and yours). Adding aftermarket parts only masks those habits and doesn't make you a better driver.
I'm starting my third year running the Z on the track (before that was a Neon R/T and an Audi A4) and I'm still learning the car and adjusting my driving line accordingly. It's great fun that way and a lot cheaper then throwing a bunch of crap on your car to make it go faster then blaming those parts because they didn't.
OK, I'll get off my soapbox now.

 

Your Tokico's shipped full stiff? That's odd the two set's I helped install both shipped full soft.

Since you say you have them set at half, yes keep them that way while you gain experience.