You should have dropped the front pressure, and left the rear alone. This
would have allowed you to turn better. Softening the front bar would have
helped the MR2 corner better aswell.
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Kern <armand@erols.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: Front end pushing on MR2
>Last Sunday's event at Ft Meade was a disaster for me and my 93NA MR2.
>Course featured a very tight left hander 'box' after a series of three
>offset gates. I was tempted to down shift to first gear but opted to
>rely on the 'pesky torque' of the car to pull me through. First two runs
>had me plowing like a farmer and clipping outside cone in the following
>gate. Desparate for a clean run, I upped tire pressures 2 psi front and
>rear, drove like a granny and got a clean session of 53.111. However, my
>clock got cleaned by my season long competition (924S) who logged a
>50.668. The worker in the stop garage said he'd never seen a MR2 plow
>like that. Course surface is 'tar and chip' and was exceptionally sandy.
>
>Here's the car's set up:
>
>BFG R1 (27 F, 24 R) - per BFG FAQ, 205/50x15 F, 225/50x15 R
>Tokicos @ 1 front, @ 4 rear
>TRD front bar (modified w/ two additional holes, set to 'stiffest)
>-2.5 camber, .08" toe out front, -2.0 camber, .08" toe in rear.
>
>To date, this set up has worked just fine; I'm the curent points leader
>in C Stock (Metro Washington Council of Sports Car Clubs) and have
>beaten the Porsche in four of six events.
>
>R1's are wearing but still show 'legal' tread depth per GCR/SIR; I'm
>hearing that 27F/24R is all wrong, should be reversed. Huh?, not per
>BFG. Wear is right to tread edge, no roll over. Too stiff in the front
>for the course?; resetting the bar ends is a PITA, need an air tool for
>that and a trip to the shop. Or was it just a bad day and the nut
>holding the steering wheel was a bit loose?.
>
>One last item, the R1's may or may not finish out the season. I hear
>that 225/50x15 V700 (if they're still available, groan) would be a 'good
>thing', but 225/50 on a 6" rim?. Would this tire set up help eliminate
>fornt end 'push'?.
>
>Sorry if this took a lot of BW, e-mail me privately with comments,
>suggestions, flames, etc. .
>
>Tanx,
>Tony
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