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Old 09-28-2010, 09:10 AM
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Default DLS on 1/8th

I see the DLS as a tool for one thing, a way to improve tire wear.

This past weekend I ran my 966 without a front sway, with very little caster, with about 1-1/2 rear toe and with the spoiler/ gurney strip at its lowest setting. My driving is not all the greatest but with more practice, I could definitely use more steering. And all this without even having a DLS system.

For me to use such a system, it would throw my car so off balance that I would have to go to extreme measures just to get the minimal of steering that would satisfy my need. I would have to:
  • Be limited in body choices that offer the most steering
  • Run harder shores on the rear.
  • Run the softest shores on the front.
  • Change spring and dampeners to softer settergs on the front.
  • Change spring and dampeners to harder settings on the rear.
  • Reduce rear droop
  • Possibly eliminate the rear spoler/ gurney strap altogether.

Its quite an extreme change. However if it improves tire wear such that I can make my tires last longer for the weekend meets or last through a very long main event without worries about tires, then it may be worth all the change. But for now, I'm more than okay without a DLS/DAX system on my 1/8th.
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