[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Icecreamtruk

I've got a question regarding corner balance. A bit of prologue to the question, everyone I talk to seem to be of the idea that corner balance is of very high importance. Corner balance is done by adjusting the ride heigh on the 4 corners of the car to distribute the weight as close to 50/50 (cross weight) as possible. But if you change the ride height all that goes out the window, right?

So my question is, changing my ride height at the track to change the mechanical balance of the car is something I've started doing with great results, sometimes getting as much as over 1sec of lap times just because of a ride height change, but all of this supposely destroys my corner balance, so if corner balance is so important as everyone says it is, why do I feel like it amounts to a lot of snake oil? I dont mean that it doesnt affect anything of course, but that having a car that turns the same way on left and right turns isnt important at all? Even while perfectly corner balanced, no car will turn left and right equally (tire temps, different radius and speeds on different turns), so why even bother then at a club racing / time attack scenario then?

Maybe im not good enough, but I give 0 damns about the car turning similar to the left or the right, I'll just go slightly over the limit of grip and deal with a loose rear on every turn, whatever speed that loose rear is at is mostly irrelevant in the way I drive the car (but not lap times of course).

My question to you would be, why did the ride height change make you faster?