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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 06:51 PM
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I wanted to get impressions of folks running medium front, stiff rear settings. Has it improved understeer? I am using med/med and with my wheel and tire setup(see sig) I am still having understeer and some front tire/wheel hopping.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 08:49 AM
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I had the same problem on med/med and changed the front bar to soft. Its not that hard to change it up so experiment with a few settings. IMO the stock front bar is pretty stiff to begin with and you don't need much more.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 08:55 AM
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i have simi9lar wheel setup but tanabe springs, alot lower than you are, and at med med, the car is all nuetral, if i need some oversteer, just mash the throttle. its all good.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 09:51 AM
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I was running med/med at first with the stock track wheels and tires. I was getting some understeer so I switched to stiff in the rear and I could immediately tell that almost all the understeer was gone.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 11:35 AM
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Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'll try the stiffest setting in back and see how that works out.
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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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right now i'm running med/stiff. i love the improved turn in but if you do auto cross events, the inside wheels tends to lift during sharps turns. The car has some over steer which i like, some don't like oversteer some do, i guess it's all just personal pref. What are you using the car for?
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by konspec
What are you using the car for?
Stricktly spirited street driving. I just hate the wheel hop I'm getting right now up front. I figured a little bit of introduced stiffness in the rear might induce more oversteer. Although from more reading the culprits may be the Toyo T1-S tires. I read they have a soft sidewalls and tend to flex in hard turns.
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