12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
Went out to the local autocross this past weekend. It was my first outing with the new Hotchkis rear sway bar. The car always had some understeer, which I attributed to the smaller front tires. The bar has 3 levels of adjustment. I started in the middle. For our autocross events, we get 3 runs in the morning session and 3 after lunch. The car did feel flatter in the morning sessions but still pushed hard. At lunch I tightened the bar up and my first run out was almost a second faster than my morning runs. The adjustment helped big time. It did make the *** end a more squirrely, almost like I can drift on demand if I want now. Go figure, Hotchkis parts are all designed to work together... I think I'm officially done with suspension modifications unless something ends up needing repair. The next step will be getting better tires. While I do have 200TW tires, I've read that these Nittos are some of the worst ones out there. I'm anxious to feel the difference with a good set of tires.
Went out to the local autocross this past weekend. It was my first outing with the new Hotchkis rear sway bar. The car always had some understeer, which I attributed to the smaller front tires. The bar has 3 levels of adjustment. I started in the middle. For our autocross events, we get 3 runs in the morning session and 3 after lunch. The car did feel flatter in the morning sessions but still pushed hard. At lunch I tightened the bar up and my first run out was almost a second faster than my morning runs. The adjustment helped big time. It did make the *** end a more squirrely, almost like I can drift on demand if I want now. Go figure, Hotchkis parts are all designed to work together... I think I'm officially done with suspension modifications unless something ends up needing repair. The next step will be getting better tires. While I do have 200TW tires, I've read that these Nittos are some of the worst ones out there. I'm anxious to feel the difference with a good set of tires.