Suspension gurus, I need your help/advice! I have all of BMR's adjustable suspension goodies on my car from front to back and need help dialing in my setup. The car handles great except when it comes to REALLY tight corners at speed. It goes into some alarming understeer. I was playing around in the mountains a few weeks ago and came upon a tight right hander. The car had been mostly fine up until that point. It seemed as if the front end just went away without warning. (Full disclosure, I was climbing in altitude and the temps were dropping pretty fast.) I wasn't even going that fast, maybe 35MPH. I went to take the turn and got nothing from the steering input other than the front tires squealing!
Thank goodness no one was coming in the other direction! I'd hate to end up being "that guy" all over the internet car forums. Then again, the car went so straight so fast that I probably would've cleanly cleared anything coming the other way before being able to make contact. (There was a small parking lot on the other side of the road to runoff into, thankfully.) Easing off the steering did nothing, and I didn't want to hit the brakes for fear of snap oversteer into the ditch beside me because of the cold road surface. The only thing I could really do was ease off the throttle and wait for the front end to catch up. Which it didn't until it was solidly into the other lane.
Anyways, I have both the front and rear sway bars on full hard. BMR says the harder the rear, the more straight the car will track off the line. It seems to be working to some degree. My car doesn't try to get sideways as badly when getting on the gas in a straight line. (Also the brackets touch my exhaust in any other position.) I have the front on full hard because... Well the rear is full hard. Why not the front, too? :shrug:
What can I do to dial out understeer? Soften up the front or the rear?
I also have their adjustable front sway bar end links. I only bought them because BMR recommends them due to the flimsiness of the stock end links. What reason would I have to adjust the end links and what effect does it have?
Thanks!
Thank goodness no one was coming in the other direction! I'd hate to end up being "that guy" all over the internet car forums. Then again, the car went so straight so fast that I probably would've cleanly cleared anything coming the other way before being able to make contact. (There was a small parking lot on the other side of the road to runoff into, thankfully.) Easing off the steering did nothing, and I didn't want to hit the brakes for fear of snap oversteer into the ditch beside me because of the cold road surface. The only thing I could really do was ease off the throttle and wait for the front end to catch up. Which it didn't until it was solidly into the other lane.
Anyways, I have both the front and rear sway bars on full hard. BMR says the harder the rear, the more straight the car will track off the line. It seems to be working to some degree. My car doesn't try to get sideways as badly when getting on the gas in a straight line. (Also the brackets touch my exhaust in any other position.) I have the front on full hard because... Well the rear is full hard. Why not the front, too? :shrug:
What can I do to dial out understeer? Soften up the front or the rear?
I also have their adjustable front sway bar end links. I only bought them because BMR recommends them due to the flimsiness of the stock end links. What reason would I have to adjust the end links and what effect does it have?
Thanks!
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