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Originally Posted by jamal
The stock rates are 131/211 lb/in, or about 2.4k front and nearly 4k rear. I would not really expect doubling the front spring rate while leaving the rear stock to result in very good balance. Seems like you would wind up with a lot of understeer.
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The OE setup is a rear bias setup.
Technically speaking, it does work; but the OE wanted to provide a different characteristic than what we want to provide.
On a rear biased setup, basically that rear don't want to grip as well.
Tail happy if you will, especially under power.
On our setup with higher springs rate front and lower spring rate rear.
Because that setup is paired to an adjustable damper, you can actually dial in your under / over steer using the damping adjustment.
That damping adjustment is the part that makes all the difference.
This way, we want the car to understeer because you can dial it out using the damping.
A softer rear setup is a lot more predictable, and that is a character you want in a fast road car because events often happen without warning when you are driving on a bumpy wet country road with blind corners.
Jerrick