In general, stiffening it up should get it looser.
You might try adjusting the rebound stiffer than the compression, that way
when the car leans, the inside tire gets a little lift to it, and decreased
traction, and hence more oversteer. Come to think about it, that probably
wouldn't be a good idea in a RWD car though.
Brian
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Brian Berryhill
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Carson" <mcars@vt.edu>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 5:01 PM
Subject: Shock question
> I have a question about shock theory in general. I just bought Kumhos,
> and only have three events on them in my '98 1LE. They are quite
different
> than the R1s (not G-Forces) that I had before, and I am still trying to
get
> the car to feel right. At an event last weekend I didn't feel like I
could
> get the rear of the car to rotate like I wanted it to, especially going
> into turns, and couldn't seem to tune it out with tire pressure.
> Now here is my shock question. I have Koni double-adjustables, and I
> thought that stiffening the rear compression might help. My thought was
> that when entering a corner, the outside wheel will be in compression, so
> stiffening it would prevent it from rolling as quickly and prevent as much
> weight from transferring. Thus the outside rear would have less weight on
> it and thus less grip, and this would make the rear end slide around a
> little more. I stiffened them three clicks each for some fun runs.
> It definitely did feel better, and I took off 1.1 seconds after not being
> able to improve all day, although some of this was from taking a better
> line through one turn. I am not sure how much was the shocks and how much
> was the driving. My question: is that a reasonable change? Is my
> understanding of the theory correct? I know shocks sometimes seem
> backwards from what I expect...
>
> -Matt
>
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