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Old 05-25-2012 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SlideMasteR
ok I have saved my basic setup and can see why im graining my left front on my current setup, there is a huge circle on the left front, under braking or corner entry, my question is - would stiffening the roll or raising the roll centers and running softer springs help ?

this is not something i have tried on track yet
If you have graining on the front left I assume your car is pushing (under steering)? If that is the case then so you need to tighten up the front or free up the rear of the car. That will mean either softening the front, or stiffen the rear or possibly a combination of both.

The handling page will always show a large circle on the front left on corner entry since that is where most of the weight is moving. Look at mid corner where you are just turning (lateral G only) and if there is a big difference in the wheel loads on the left side then there may be to big a difference in front/rear roll stiffness or roll centre locations.

Before you start making changes go back to the Setup Page and look at the roll stiffness values. Since TC’s are generally well balanced the total roll stiffness (combined spring and ARB) values front-rear should be fairly close. If they differ by more than 20% then you likely want to bring them closer together. Shock angle changes are good for fine adjustments. Use Spring rate & ARB for larger changes.

I would suggest just making one change to start and then hit the track to see if that has helped.

Generally I find a good place to start is with the mid corner setup neutral (bar graph in the middle). Then you can decide which way to move the handling from there.

Last edited by BobW; 05-25-2012 at 03:43 PM.
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