Fuji short course this time - very technical course and understeering is killing me will put on some H&R sway bars and go back and see if it helps.

 

sweet pix man, i've always wanted to check out that track in person (as well as Tsukuba), what's the tire spec/size you're running?

 

Great pictures...I bet you had a blast! Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks, you should come and check it out next time when they do F1 or GT there!

I'm running stock size (225/40 295/30), Pzero Corsa, very sticky, quite like them.

 

Very nice pics

 

great pics and glad you are at the track but H+R bars wont really dial out the understeer would live the front stock and GT3 the rear.

 

great pics, thanks for sharing

 

Tom I know you are one of the resident experts around I am on JIC coilovers, full tight rear and 3 clicks from full tight front. So you think the right next step would be to do a GT3 or H&R rear sway only? Heard that increasing front tire pressure also helps?

And of course I need to go DE a lot more In Japan we have a DE event on a frozen lake coming up in a few weeks, cant wait

 

nice tire setup, any specs on the front/rear psi you're running there? i'm sure the temp. & humidity is very different than the states-side or Taiwan (where i'm currently @ right now).

btw, i'll be heading to Tokyo on the 7th of Jan. for TAS @ Hakuhmari from 9th~11th, then back to the central tokyo area from the 11th till as late as 15th or 16th; any chance of you stopping by TAS during that weekend?

 

Tom, I'm not sure I understand this? You're saying H&R's (which are stiffer and more adjustable than the GT3 sways) wont help dial out understeer but you reccommend the GT3 sway?

If you can I'd definitely get a good set of adjustable F&R sways. Having adjustable sways will help mitigate body roll by allowing you to adjust the total amount of roll stiffness that comes from the front and rear axles. By increasing roll stiffness at the rear you will cause the outer rear wheel to run at a higher slip angle, and by doing the opposite at the front the outer front wheel will run at a lower slip angle, which will give you more oversteer or less understeer.

Also, several tuners dont reccommend using the GT3 rear sway on the Turbos because the geometery was designed around a narrow body car so it's a bit off.

 

Ron - for the JIC, make the rear softer for a tight turny technical course. This will allow the rear end to squat more and gain you more traction instead of hopping helping induce understeer. Like Tom said also, just doing the rear sway bar will help with that as well. On the AWD car it is easier to create more oversteer and let the AWD system pull you through the turns.

 

Cool pictures, thanks for sharing!

 

nice pics.
good looking car.

 

Kool pics