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Originally Posted by Skurj
STill trying to get a handle on this...
This year I upgraded to 2 way clubsports, and i also have 22mm adj bar up front and OE bar in the rear of 2013 BRZ
The car is one of the quickest locally on fast courses, and I attribute that to the big front bar primarily and the soft rear bar. On the tight courses I get my ass handed to me by twins running OE bars front and rear.
Its just local stuff, and I can't be swapping out sway bars between events. So, I am looking at suggestions or advice in what I can do to loosen the car up for the slower courses.
The front shocks.. currently 2 clicks softer than midpoint on rebound, comp at midpoint of adj range. Rear the reverse at 2 clicks past midpoint stiffer on rebound, again with comp at midpoint.
whiteline 22mm front bar at soft
kw clubsport 2 ways 340/400lb springs
3.5/2.6 fr/rr camber
0/0 toe front and rear
If you could only adjust shocks and you had 1 event of the season left on a tight but bumpy course (6 runs and it looks like it will be wet..)... what would you do?  
For next season i will add a bigger rear bar.. |
My first suggestion for future events would be to put worse tires on the car (stockers, for example) and run with lower grip levels. The inherent balance of your chassis will become much more apparent, so you'll be able to more effectively analyze where the car is pushing or sliding, and what inputs cause/fix it, etc. Take the time to pay a lot of attention to how the weight is shifting and how the balance changes as a result.
It's all about weight management. The better you understand it, the better you'll be able to get the most from your tires.
As @
stxbrz suggested, you may not need to change anything aside from your driving style. Try to adjust your inputs so that the front tires are properly loaded as you steer the car.
As far as your next event is concerned, you said it looks like it will be wet, so I would suggest that you soften the dampers at least a few clicks on both ends, but especially in the rear so you can extract more grip from the tires. Yeah it might push more, but if its wet you can always use the loud peddle to make it rotate. The reason I suggest slackening off the dampers is because in the wet, the most important thing is getting the power down. The more power you can put down, the more time you can spend on the throttle propelling yourself to the finish line. The guys/gals that win are the ones that have the highest average throttle % over the course of the lap (without sliding).
In the future, an adjustable rear bar sounds like an appropriate fix.
Looking at this from a different angle however, you could save some money by forgoing the rear bar in the future, and instead try dialing in just a hint of tow-out to the rear, which will help with getting the car to rotate in the tight stuff. Go to a faster course where tow-out may not be preferable, and you can compensate by putting that whiteline sway bar to the stiffer setting and perhaps see some crisper turn-in as a bonus. Not saying that's what you should do, just giving an alternative.
Just my 2 cents. Spend however you like.
