RACER

[QUOTE=RED MX5,Jun 24 2007, 10:07 PM]I know autocrossing isn't tracking, but shouldn't the body roll be the same at max cornering speed?

heresnowhy

This was sarcasm.

RACER

RACER

Thats not always true. I watched some old (What was then called "The American Racing Series", became the "Indy Lights Series".) I watched guys like PJ Jones and Paul Tracy in the ARS Series.

Some of the tracks they ran were short, temporary street courses. The street circuit races typically lasted 30 minutes. PJ Jones used to slide the car around, build a big lead, and then win the race.

Paul Tracy drove pretty aggressively to win 8 of the 9 ARS races I think in the 1990 Championship Year. Paul may have won all 9 races if he hadn't been knocked out on the first lap of one of the 9 races.

I think sliding the car on a short, tight road/street course is a great way to negotiate the tight 90 degree corners

As long as the race is timed at 30 minutes, tires shouldn't be an issue.



[QUOTE=RED MX5,Jun 24 2007, 10:07 PM]Does it look like my car has too much body roll?

RED MX5

[QUOTE=RACER,Jun 25 2007, 12:47 AM]It looks like the right front corner is massively down in pic #8.

RACER

[QUOTE=RED MX5,Jun 25 2007, 03:19 PM]The reason the front looks low is because the car is dropped a little over an inch up front.

RACER

[QUOTE=RED MX5,Jun 25 2007, 03:19 PM]I'm actually MORE comfortable at the limit at tripple digit speeds in our Benz than in the S2000, and the Benz had MORE roll.

RED MX5

Interesting stuff RACER.

You and I use our cars quite differently, and have totally different goals, and it's nice to compare notes.

I'm actually SHOCKED to find anyone who thinks that an S2000 on OEM tires has too much roll in the corners, but if it bothers you, you obviously know how to fix it.

What people need to see in this is that what works for one person and situation may not work as well for them, in their situation. My car is really not well suited for high speed track use, because it's been tweaked for lower speed autocross use. Even if you are autocrossing, and autocross at the same venues I do, my setup still might not be right for your driving styles or goals. If you're running R compound tires (just as an example) you would NOT want the thin walled center section in your Gendron FSB, you'd want either the thick wall or sold center section. If you're tracking the car, even on the OEM tires, the thin walled center section might well still be too soft, but at the softest setting it's just what I need on the tight autocrosses I run (given the grip I'm getting form the S02's). My setup works for me. I'm sure RACER has his car tweaked so that his setup works well for him. His favorite FSB would probably be a dissaster on my car, and my Gendron wouldn't be enough for his car, so you can't just copy what others do. When it comes to anti sway bars, you have to decide how you want to change the handling (because it WILL change) and pick bar rates that achieve the desired goal. If you just by brand X because some tuner says it's the cats meow, then your results are basically a crap shoot.

RACER

My car is bone stock. That's why it has too much roll

RACER

If I had 4k to spend, I'd get the Moton Club Sport dampeners.