Originally Posted by
Skiddins
The progressives work Ok on asphalt, but if grip is too high it will just become numb and almost too easy to drive.
If you want more turn in, drop the rear shocks down to hole 3 and fit a stiffer rear spring. We tend to use 2.7's all round.
I was having trouble with the rear suddenly skipping/washing out on power, but something I did throughout the day cured that. Maybe the tires finally came in, but I thought it was the 3* of toe (as opposed to the 2* I started with) as well as standing the shocks up. That last part didn't make sense to me, as I thought laying them down gave more turn-in. Hrm. I don't have two full sets of springs, but I can try 2.7 front and 2.6 rear.
6F 5R droop!! what were you running before, that's almost carpet droop as it is
A lot of the team drivers are now running more rear droop, 4.5 or even 4, with 5.5F
I was running 6.6F and 6R, so yeah, much less. At 4.6R my springs start to come off of the preload collars. I noticed the kit 2013 asphalt setup is 6F/5R, while the 2014 is 5.6F/4.6R. So yeah, I can try that for sure.
Have you tried less rear toe, but with +.5 or +.1's being used to give you wider rear track?
Do you mean wider hexes, or? I thought wider track width would result in a more stable car, but one that has less side bite? I'm running standard hexes in the back and +0.75 in the front to keep the VTA wheels away from the steering knuckles.
These are all with standard TC tyres, not VTA.
Yeah, I think this may be the big difference. One of our veteran fast guys (25+ years of racing) told me that VTA tires require some "almost backwards" setup. They're pretty pillow-like and they overheat easily, so you have to try weird setups. My next steps, according to him, should be inboard front toe, potentially more kick-up, maybe 6* caster blocks, and maybe 2* front camber with 1* rear. Those are things I could try today.
I feel like a mad scientist. But instead of crazy chemicals I have this orange and carbon fiber contraption