Originally Posted by
tecniquin2001
For those of you running 4wd, especially the ZX5, how is your ride height??
Lower in the front, lower in the rear, all 4 corners level.
I was running my ZX5 lower in the front, with a sway bar in the rear, I had all the turning I needed, plus enough traction. that was two track layouts ago.
Since,
I've lowered the rear, changed the oil to 35wt front and 30wt rear, removed the sway bar, I have so so traction, and it's pushing off power in the turns.
I might try raising the rear end a bit more and moving the battery all the way forward, should that give me more steering??
Any suggestions
Mark is the man to ask, but I'll give it a shot.
Raising the rear should put more weight on the front and give you more steering.
I like running a lot of toe out to give me lots of steering but it tends to make the car twitchy and if the rear breaks loose because of poor traction the car will oversteer.
You could try to lose side bite in the rear to help the car rotate better but again you might end up with oversteer.
Try less rear camber, or move the shock out on the tower, or try a stiffer spring in the rear, or softer in the front.
The camber links still mystify me but I'm sure a 1mm spacer
someplace would make the car dialed.
Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.