Lately I have felt like the rear of my car has been a little to quick to want to go into a slide. I lowered the back about another .75 of an inch and that helped a lot but something tells me that their is nothing more I can do and I should just learn to drive the car around that handling attribute becuase of the inherent weight imbalance of our cars. Do you think that is true or are there ways to plant the rear around a turn better?

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She is not the fastest thing in a straight line but she sure will stick in the turns.
Hawian Orchid X-SCCA showroom stock 2 time national/ 1 time regional (not with me driving) champ 1LE 92 Z-28

-suspension parts include koni reds, eibach racing springs, weight-jacks, relocated control arms, and the list goes on for suspension; Port & polished TPI system sitting on top a fully blueprinted, balanced and matched race built 305; centerforce II clutch; custom 3.4 auburn rear, custom dual cat exhuast with hooker aerochamber muffler; 1LE fuel pump and gas tank; SS track baer braking system; griffin aluminum radiator; 6 point bolted roll cage with 5 point harnesses; pioneer speaker system; sparco seats, just about as light as you can get a weekly driven 3rdgen.

 

From what I know about setting up an F-body for auto-x, you want the rear to be soft so that it sticks better. It almost doesn't make sense, but that's what I've heard/seen from a bunch of guys/gals who've done so. Don't get a bigger rear sway bar, maybe get a smaller one, rubber bushings instead of poly (although that might make the handling sloppier), softer springs and shocks, and as big a tire and wheel as you can fit.

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Greg Westphal
'87 IROC 305TPI/A4

 

LCA relocation brackets will give you more forward bite when you apply power. Also, a bigger front sway bar or smaller rear bar will tighten up your cornering. Remove one of the rear sway bar endlinks and see how tight your car gets(too tight and will push like crazy) as an example of the effect.


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82 camaro--original steering wheel, brake/gas pedals, seats--everything else modified
82camaro