So just a weekend update.
After last week and the issues I was having on the big triple, I rebuilt all 4 shocks with the block CSI pistons, 40wt front, 30wt rear. I went back to blue front, yellow rear springs as well. 6 inch drop and no chassis slap. 12inch and I got a little in the front. Saturday we went out to Dalton, and between the setup change and the change they made to the triple, car was much much better. Took off flat to a little bit of nose up. Landings felt smooth and controlled whether flat, nose, or tail first (slight angles not lawn darting it). My timing is still inconsistent, but the car was much easier to jump with.
1st qualifier went well (and was my best) logging several 31 sec laps (my best last week was 36, though the fast guys were doing low 30's and high 29's). I finished 3rd in the qualifier and was 4th overall. I was craving a little more infield steering and changed from the Opt 2 bar to the Opt 3 and dropped from a 16t to a 15t pinion. 2nd qualifier, the set screw in the rear driveshaft to pinion came out after my warmup lap so logged a DNF. Only had enough time to get it fixed before the next run. Car felt pretty good, and ran pretty consistent though mixed on the gearing change. I noticed the speed decrease on the straight but didn't feel as much of a torque increase that I was hoping for. Going to fiddle with the IX8 a bit and see if I might have some opportunity there.
Car feels really solid in the sweeper. Friend suggested I drift it more, but I could not get the back end to swing around. On the infield, it rotates well off the back without being difficult to control. The only times I spun out were doing something too aggressive and while off line in the loose clay. I am pleased with the setup overall. I am thinking about adding half a degree of front toe out and going one step softer on the front sway bar to see if I can get a bit more mid to late corner steering. It feels like others are able to get on the gas sooner then I am coming out of a corner.
Looking forward to next weekend and the first race of our offroad state series.