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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:28 pm
by Sheck
Try playing with tyre pressures!! Trust me when i say this, if i had known this on sat arvo i prolly wouldnt of put my car into a wall on sat nite. Took me half the (drift) comp to get the car acting the way i wanted it too. I played with shock settings for a while but found that tyre pressure had the greatest effect on rear grip. I went from a wall hitting 32psi to a happily sliding but still grippy 38psi in the rear tyres.
Dave
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:41 pm
by Babalouie
NAs toe out under power, so the static toe in is to compensate for that. I'm not sure if 0.5 is enough toe in, I run 2mm. Also I run more neg camber at the back than at the front, 1.5 vs 1.2deg.
Also....for track, I run my Teins with a differential of 4 clicks, 2 was too taily....and, when I swapped over to Teins, I found that the whiteline rear swaybar was overkill....swapping the stock rear bar back made it much more neutral.
So....it looks like you have a real dorifto setup there

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:43 pm
by StanTheMan
Tyres would be my first choice too. You can also play around with the shock stiffness a little. Increase stiffness in the front a little.
A lot of the allignment experts here on this forum say the front needs to have more camber than the rear in the MX5. Depending on your driving try -1.5 front & back.
You LSD making your rear end a little twitchy. What type of tyres are you running.// Are they old? Good chance ther are crappy. I found my LSD made me understeer through corners except in the wet. But i run RT 615's & they stick like .....
I also run -2.25 camber front -2.1 at the rear & still manage to wear the outside quicker. But it all depends on your driving style
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:31 pm
by zoomzoom
You will be amazed at how much the tyre pressures will affect turn in and oversteer, if you are oversteering I would suggest less in the rear. I run 205/50R15 and run at about F-32psi R 30psi for track to prevent rollover and less for road, and then less again if I am doing very low speed motorkhana type events. I usually have about 2psi more in the front and that is all cold pressures. It will be different for different tyres and sizes so have a play.
Also, try not to bury the right foot too much
Tim
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:00 am
by Benny
Generally speaking, stiffening up the front end will decrease oversteer - or put another way, increase understeer.
Stiffening the back makes it more taily.
This applies to whether you stiffen up by adjusting the shocks/springs/swaybar or just the air pressure in the tyres.
As someone else said, larger rear bars may feel good on the street at 7/10's, but will make the car oversteer a lot at track type speeds.
Try disconnecting the rear bar, or at least softening it, then try and see how the car handles.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:12 am
by CT
Front bar full hard and either a) rear bar full soft or b)stick a standard rear sway on it. The wheel alignment will make dick all difference if your bar balance is wrong. Fix the bar balance first.

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:51 am
by Juffa
Tein Flex on mine, with hard springs. I have an adjustable whiteline front bar set to soft (Until I get adjustable end links) I ended up removing the rear sway bar to settle the back end.
J
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:16 pm
by GP
More Rear toe in will definitely reduce oversteer but only as a last resort.