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Originally Posted by DocWalt
Man, that sounds frustrating. Are you still running the fairly high spring rates?
See you in a few weeks, my Focus is gone though I'll be driving one in the Pro Finale... Driving a FiST for nats.
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I switched to the 400's from the 450's I had on my FRS (all around).
Cool, see you then! I don't think I will make the Pro, not enough points
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Originally Posted by M0nk3y
You had issues in Texas too though, another concrete site.
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Right. I was also on different tires and bars then as well though. That event is what prompted me to change both bars, alignment, and tires.
One thing I have never really changed much (from the RCE base shock setup) is the compression. I have changed the rear a bit trying to fix the grip, but never the front (always about 75% soft).
My theory now, is that I have just been way too soft with compression, especially in the front, all this time. It works good enough at home where we have no power and less grip, and also at sites that are not concrete (like Min Wells, although I also had 2 unexpected spins in the same spot there as well). Once on concrete, the grip is just too high for the bump settings. I am either bottoming the suspension, or it is too soft to get any load into the tires initially, not allowing the shocks/tires to do their thing. However, this does not explain why the car seemed to have grip in the spring
Although, I do remember it having some of the same bad behaviors, just not snap oversteer or sudden loss of grip.
This is the best I can come up with after analyzing all my setup logs back to last year including the FRS. Like I said, hopefully I have turned a corner and started to finally figure this car out (I am slow...) as I am growing tired of fighting the car and setup