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Yesterday's best run, now in STX trim. Just RCE Superstreet-1's, 6k springs front and rear, RLCAs, camber bolts, -4/2.2 for camber, 1/6" toe in the rear. Apex ARC-9 wheels 17x9, 245/40/17 A052's. No power mods.
Definitely relearning the car after driving the last 4 years in DS. I did end up 26/119 in PAX. I was expecting a little better, but the A052's still had the mold release on them. They're now scrubbed in though!
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Toe out ? I thought Toe in was the way to go for these cars
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Edited. That's the second time I've typed 'toe out' here. It's 1/16" toe in for stability, per RCE's recommendations.
I used to toe out the front of my WRX 1/8", so that's probably where it keeps coming from lol.
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haha no worries !
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Have you thought about running 255/40 tires? I do on my 17+ to get back some of the lost speed at the top of second because of the 4.3 rear gears.
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Yes, I'll likely be going that route. First time setting the car up on 245's with coilovers and wanted to make sure everything fit and how much clearance I had all around. The extra mph would certainly help at our local SCCA site. I was bouncing off the the limiter in DS trim many places.
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Yeah, with your alignment and wheel choice, if you move to 255's you'll probably get a very tiny amount of rubbing on the tab for the rear bumper cover, but that should be it.
There is a chance for a very small amount of rub on the inside at full steering lock in the front. I'm running the same wheels as you, alignment is: F: -4.3 camber, 0 toe, 7.2 caster R: -2.1 camber, 0 toe |
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This past weekend's best runs. Saturday was an SCCA event, Sunday was non-SCCA group. I tend to have better luck at the lot with hills for some reason. First two events in STX trim (coilovers, RLCAs, wheels/tires) that the car was actually working correctly. I was probably getting up to speed with the car Saturday. I definitely overcooked it a bit into the back corner on this run. Should have been tighter to the cones as I did in the morning - came in too hot. Sunday's run seemed to be pretty good overall. Could have pushed more here and there, but overall happy with that one. 19/120 in PAX.
Ran the car 4 years in DS trim with 225's and a swaybar. In STX, the inputs needed feel much quicker. It's fun, but challenging. No power mods yet, so still dealing with the torque dip.
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Need to be closer to the cones and more aggressive :P
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May need to soften the front or stiffen the rear a bit. |
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Diving into those left hand sweepers, you'd turn the wheel and keep going straight for a second and then it would hook up and turn. If anything it was early/mid corner understeer and then neutrals out exiting. It's not an ideal setup by any means. 6k/6k spring rates, 19mm Perrin front swaybar. Damper settings were 10/10 from full stiff out of 20 clicks. I actually lowered the front two clicks from the morning runs thinking the same thing you were. Would you suggest more of a 8/12 (to full stiff) split? Softer front, stiffer rear. I was chasing issues during our test and tune events, so I haven't been able to mess with the settings much. I ran it at 12/12 (stiffer) in the smaller lot with hills and that netted a quicker time there because the car felt more stable and I was able to keep on power more.
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I would be curious to know what sway bars RCE recommends with the SS1.
Generally damper settings are for fine tuning so you might be looking at either a spring or sway bar change.
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I think it would depend on if the front is understeering because it doesn't have enough traction, or because the rear has too much traction. I'm on RCE T2's, so my damper settings probably aren't too relevant. However, I am also on a square spring setup (400lb/400lb) with the Hotchkiss 1" hollow bar in the front on soft. Should be similar to the Perrin 22mm bar on soft. Factory rear PP bar. When I first started running the car in STX it felt like the rear had too much traction, vs. the front having too little. I stiffened up the rear dampers a bit. That helped but wasn't full what I wanted. I thought about putting a bigger bar in the rear or maybe adding stiff tophats to the rear shocks (on OEM currently). Ended up putting rear subframe bushing inserts in and have really enjoyed the setup since then. |
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I would suggest trying a stiffer rear bar like the Perrin 16mm adjustable. Not a ton stiffer, but will really make a difference if you having trouble balancing the car. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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