Suspension and Chassis Questions about your suspension? Need chassis advice?

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Old Dec 11, 2002 | 07:41 PM
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i want to get about 1G in the corners. is this possible to do and how hard is it? what do you have to do to the suspention and what tires should you use?
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Old Dec 11, 2002 | 08:53 PM
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Koni shocks and BFG g-Force tires and you've pretty much got it even with a stock suspension (I'm talking of course with the proper camber settings and running it on a skidpad in one direction. When throwing the car left to right or right to left you'll have probs with the stock suspension.
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Old Dec 12, 2002 | 01:50 PM
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how high do you think it would be with that and all upgraded suspention, better sway bars, lightned about 200lbs, ect.
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Old Dec 14, 2002 | 11:15 PM
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The trick to setting any suspension is geometry. I think the biggest mistake most people here make when it comes to cornering is installing LCA relocation brackets and angling the rear of the LCA's down to much. This causes oversteer when the car is leaning into a corner. Combine this with a large front swaybar on a heavy V8 car causing understeer entering the corner and you've got the car bucking and spinning (push entering and loose exiting). The LCA's should be set as close to paralell to the ground for best balance, and my suggestion is to always take up most of your sway with heavier springs rather than larger swaybars- this helps reduce front to rear weight transfer.

sidenote:LCA's angling rear up causes wheel hop and understeer, set the height of the car with the LCA's just slightly lower in the rear than the front. If the car is lowered then use the relocaters but position the rear of the LCA into the proper mount slot in the relocater bracket- don't just always assume you need to use the lowest setting.

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