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You have 27 in front and 24 in the rear? That front bar is huge.
Typically for most Subarus (some will argue about the new GR/GH chassis) you want a larger rear sway bar and a smaller front. This will help eliminate the awful understeer that Subarus are known for.
I for example am running a 22mm front and 24 rear on my STI which helped tighten that back end up a ton and eliminated a bunch of understeer.
On my Forester I am running an 18mm front and 22mm rear and it made worlds of difference.
Typically for most Subarus (some will argue about the new GR/GH chassis) you want a larger rear sway bar and a smaller front. This will help eliminate the awful understeer that Subarus are known for.
I for example am running a 22mm front and 24 rear on my STI which helped tighten that back end up a ton and eliminated a bunch of understeer.
On my Forester I am running an 18mm front and 22mm rear and it made worlds of difference.
Yea i need to figure something out now. I don't think they make a 27mm for the rear of my car. Ill have to think about my setup now then or stiffen the rear and see how to performs next month.
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yea it is the same at the sti 19mm...im gonna run the 27 for one more event..see if the setting change anything, im really liking the responsiveness and turn in of the car for now. But we'll see what happened not like im competitively fast still a blast to drive :-) thx for the info and responses apetron and huck.
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yea it is the same at the sti 19mm...im gonna run the 27 for one more event..see if the setting change anything, im really liking the responsiveness and turn in of the car for now. But we'll see what happened not like im competitively fast still a blast to drive :-) thx for the info and responses apetron and huck.
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yea it is the same at the sti 19mm...im gonna run the 27 for one more event..see if the setting change anything, im really liking the responsiveness and turn in of the car for now. But we'll see what happened not like im competitively fast still a blast to drive :-) thx for the info and responses apetron and huck.
The Huck Vs Gagan T2 championship is turning exciting with them trading wins in the last 2 rounds.
Can't wait to see what Gagan can do once he's got his EJ20 swap dialed in and fresh rubber (how old are those tires lol), and equally when Huck steps up to coils (better pray he doesn't move close to an E85 station)
Apetron is also there in the mix
Great little battle going on
Can't wait to see what Gagan can do once he's got his EJ20 swap dialed in and fresh rubber (how old are those tires lol), and equally when Huck steps up to coils (better pray he doesn't move close to an E85 station)
Apetron is also there in the mix
Great little battle going on
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The Huck Vs Gagan T2 championship is turning exciting with them trading wins in the last 2 rounds.
Can't wait to see what Gagan can do once he's got his EJ20 swap dialed in and fresh rubber (how old are those tires lol), and equally when Huck steps up to coils (better pray he doesn't move close to an E85 station)
Apetron is also there in the mix
Great little battle going on
Can't wait to see what Gagan can do once he's got his EJ20 swap dialed in and fresh rubber (how old are those tires lol), and equally when Huck steps up to coils (better pray he doesn't move close to an E85 station)
Apetron is also there in the mix
Great little battle going on
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It's good to see you could tell that the front sway bar helped with turn in, but you also found out there's such a thing as too stiff. At the nexr event try what you said originally with softening the front and stiffening the rear. You should monitor your tire pressures; you may need to change front and rear tire pressures to help with getting some of that understeer out of the car. You could also be over driving and your tires can't keep up with it.
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yea i think im going to do that at the next event stiffen up the rear play with tire pressure a little more i was running 40 rear hot and 41 front hot...before i ran 38 hot all around but i felt like the side wall was bending in on turns. LIke you said i could have been over driving the car and 540 tread wear tires could not keep up...maybe some new tires are in order haha.
The Huck Vs Gagan T2 championship is turning exciting with them trading wins in the last 2 rounds.
Can't wait to see what Gagan can do once he's got his EJ20 swap dialed in and fresh rubber (how old are those tires lol), and equally when Huck steps up to coils (better pray he doesn't move close to an E85 station)
Apetron is also there in the mix
Great little battle going on
Can't wait to see what Gagan can do once he's got his EJ20 swap dialed in and fresh rubber (how old are those tires lol), and equally when Huck steps up to coils (better pray he doesn't move close to an E85 station)
Apetron is also there in the mix
Great little battle going on