If you're keeping up here, you'll know I showed up at Moparty with an untested front suspension and little knowledge of adjustable shocks. I started with the lowest setting of the "race" setting for the front shocks and the loosest setting on the rear sway bar. I quickly realized the were too tight, or the rear bar was too loose. I dropped the shocks a click on each and it seemed better. It was a cool morning so track temps weren't conducive to going out hard on the first couple runs. When we finished the morning session, I tightened the rear bar up one step. It seemed better in the afternoon session with continuous improvement. I borrowed someone's tire pyrometer and temps were within 2 degrees across the tread, so my alignment and tire pressures appear to be dead on.
Drag racing on day 1 was slippery. First two runs I spun all of first gear only getting a 13.0. The last run, I bypassed the burnout and slipped the clutch, but it spun again as soon as it got moving. Ended up with a 12.7 at 112. The 60' was a 2.0. Last year they had some prep on the line and my best 60' was 1.8.
On day 2, I decided to move the rear sway bar to the tightest location and put one more click of rebound in the front shocks. This time, it was a cloudy morning and very cold track. I managed to get my best time that morning and was starting to gain some confidence. Unfortunately, the warm brakes and cold track caught up to my aggressiveness in the last turn and I locked them up. I do feel like that was my cleanest and fastest run to that point, but I'll never know.
It started raining at the beginning of our afternoon session so i knew I wouldn't better my time. While it is kinda fun to autocross in the rain, I'd rather drive on a gripped surface. Drag racing was cancelled for us that night.
In previous years, I'd load the car up to head back to the hotel. This year, I just left the truck at the track and drove the car around town for dinner/grocery store runs. That is way more fun!
I've been having a hard time describing the difference in the suspension and my "crew chief" described it using hand motions which obviously can't be conveyed via words. Being an electrical engineer, the way I can describe it is, the suspension used to be analog, and now its digital. The movements are much more positive and