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Old May 27, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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I have mine on hardest (4 hole front) and medium in the rear. I couldn't see going hard/hard on the street because if you hit some bumps mid turn it can get squirrelly. I felt the hardest/medium was a good compromise after being on the dragon and cornering on some not so smooth roads. It feels pretty neutral with a small bit of understeer. I may go to the 3rd hole on the front and try for neutral/slight oversteer type setup.
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Old May 27, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by push
I have mine on hardest (4 hole front) and medium in the rear. I couldn't see going hard/hard on the street because if you hit some bumps mid turn it can get squirrelly. I felt the hardest/medium was a good compromise after being on the dragon and cornering on some not so smooth roads. It feels pretty neutral with a small bit of understeer. I may go to the 3rd hole on the front and try for neutral/slight oversteer type setup.
Your setup actually give you more understeer than stock backing it off one in the front will actually give the car a lot better feel and traction.
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Old May 27, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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Your setup actually give you more understeer than stock backing it off one in the front will actually give the car a lot better feel and traction.
With the new bars, my settings are about proportional to stock. I think it's like 125% up front and 129% out back. So I have about the same understeer when compared to stock. However when I was on the dragon and giving it some hell it felt a little more neutral than stock, with slightly less understeer, but still some. If I drop the front back one it will probably handle more neutral but I'm in no hurry, I want to get a good feel of the car before I change it and see what I like most.
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Old May 27, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Your setup actually give you more understeer than stock backing it off one in the front will actually give the car a lot better feel and traction.
You mean all the way soft up front and all the way hard in the back?
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Old May 27, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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Hard up front and soft out back gives you understeer.
Soft up front hard out back gives you oversteer
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Old May 28, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by push
With the new bars, my settings are about proportional to stock. I think it's like 125% up front and 129% out back. So I have about the same understeer when compared to stock. However when I was on the dragon and giving it some hell it felt a little more neutral than stock, with slightly less understeer, but still some. If I drop the front back one it will probably handle more neutral but I'm in no hurry, I want to get a good feel of the car before I change it and see what I like most.
Front: 1 3/8" (35MM) Hollow (Bar Weight 13.5lbs), 4 Position Adjustable, rate increase over stock +22%,+48%,+82%,+129%

Rear: 15/16"(24mm) Hollow (bar weight 5.5lbs),3 Position Adjustable, rate increase over stock +80%,+125%,+185% close but your adding understeer , beside unless you have some sticky and wide R compound tires your actually going to understeer more with the really stiff front bar setting.
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