Hotchkis Swaybar Setting Help
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Hotchkis Swaybar Setting Help
I have had my Hotchkis TVS Stage 1 bars and springs on for close to 2 years and was looking the other day at my settings. When they were originally installed, the fronts were set to the stiffest setting while the rears were set to the softest setting. I do some moderate AutoX and have noticed that the car will not go in the direction it steers at times. I also like to run The Tail of The Dragon and other mountain roads! So, I guess my question is what is everybody running their bars set on that is doing similar things with their Z/Gs?
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Originally Posted by zachcrosen
I have had my Hotchkis TVS Stage 1 bars and springs on for close to 2 years and was looking the other day at my settings. When they were originally installed, the fronts were set to the stiffest setting while the rears were set to the softest setting. I do some moderate AutoX and have noticed that the car will not go in the direction it steers at times. I also like to run The Tail of The Dragon and other mountain roads! So, I guess my question is what is everybody running their bars set on that is doing similar things with their Z/Gs?
No **** your gonna understeer with the setup you have. Reverse the settings on both and then you wont have to worry about understeer. just dritring into a tree
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No **** your gonna understeer with the setup you have. Reverse the settings on both and then you wont have to worry about understeer. just dritring into a tree
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Originally Posted by zachcrosen
Nice smartass response d!ckhead. I didnt install the bars, Z1 Motorsports did and thats where they put them. I didnt know it until a week or 2 ago while I was under the car. Thus, my question!
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Ok, Hotchkis recommends them to be set up full stiff in front and soft in the rear. So Z1 did install them per instructions. After driving mine for almost a year and getting tired of the understear, I change the front to Medium. Now I have a slight understear, yet I like understear better than overstear for AutoX and daily driving. It is much easier to correct and gets me in less trouble with tickets (you can really notice a car when it overstears!).
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Ok, Hotchkis recommends them to be set up full stiff in front and soft in the rear. So Z1 did install them per instructions. After driving mine for almost a year and getting tired of the understear, I change the front to Medium. Now I have a slight understear, yet I like understear better than overstear for AutoX and daily driving. It is much easier to correct and gets me in less trouble with tickets (you can really notice a car when it overstears!).
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Originally Posted by Gsedan35
Curious, what is your front camber been set at since the sway bar install? And what tires widths are you running front and rear?
I am running 245 front and 275 rear.
I may change the rear sway to medium to lessen the understear. I will probably change it to medium before I take her to the track this weekend and see how it goes.
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Originally Posted by zachcrosen
The next time my car is in the air, I will probably change the setting to med/med front to rear. Thanks for the help guys!
Oh a few more things - Hotchkis recommends lubing the sways once a year. If you have not installed the split shaft collars on the sways yet - do it! Mine was moving so much on the front, that it was binding the suspension at times. Once you install the shaft collars, the sway can't move back and forth (they shouldn't move in this direction) and you have a very predictable suspension! Do a search on this Forum for the info on the split shaft collars.
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+1 on the collars.
I run M/M and love it. I feel it's fairly nuetral...it can understeer into some corners if I go to fast into them, but as soon as I trail brake or apply power through a corner exit, I can get the rear end out.
*I'm on OE wheels.
I run M/M and love it. I feel it's fairly nuetral...it can understeer into some corners if I go to fast into them, but as soon as I trail brake or apply power through a corner exit, I can get the rear end out.
*I'm on OE wheels.
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It is very difficult for me to get under the car with my body kita nd it being lowered! I am not goign to be doing any intense driving in the next month or so, so I will just wait for the next time in the air. I will have to research the collars. Where did you guys get your from and whats involved in installing them?
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Originally Posted by zachcrosen
It is very difficult for me to get under the car with my body kita nd it being lowered! I am not goign to be doing any intense driving in the next month or so, so I will just wait for the next time in the air. I will have to research the collars. Where did you guys get your from and whats involved in installing them?
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Just to give an update, with the M/M setting on the sways, my car is now perfectly ballanced (that is with the tires and dampening adjustment I have). Yet, I have to turn off the VDC to drive it this way.
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