Hi,
I was wondering if people can shed some light on this topic and post their findings.
I was talking to Mark Fish and from what I can understand his suspension set up for the Trophy incorporates some adjustable rears, lower stiffer springs (15mm lower, not sure on increase llbs) and 2.0 degrees of negative camber. The front on the Trophy is quite stiff as standard and with his set up he usually doesn't increase this, but does stiffen up the rears.
Can someone explain how each component affects the car overall? I'm having the Mark Fish set up and want to be able to understand matters and how it will effect the handaling characteristics, especially if I want to change it about.
What I have found with the Trophy, rather than the 172, is that it's the back which is more likely to let go than the front when pushing hard. It has alot more front end girp and thus understeers much less so on a sweeping corner or sharp bend the front will go round and it's the back can feel quite livley. You may have to put through some corrections. This matter is clearly visable when in the wet. This is something I'd like to try to reduce to give a more pleasurable driving experience especially when on track. That is, more rear end girp. I feel this would increase the overall confidence I have in the car and allow me to go quicker. Either this, or simply more experience of driving with the current set up.
How will lowering it and increasing the rears stiffness help to give more stability of the rear? What affects will it have overall bar less body roll?
I'm really stupid in this area so guidance and peoples findings would be good. Prehaps we can collect some data on what settings we find works well on what set ups. I.e. those that run koni's and eibach's. Those that run the MF set up and what front and rear adjustable settings to use....
I was wondering if people can shed some light on this topic and post their findings.
I was talking to Mark Fish and from what I can understand his suspension set up for the Trophy incorporates some adjustable rears, lower stiffer springs (15mm lower, not sure on increase llbs) and 2.0 degrees of negative camber. The front on the Trophy is quite stiff as standard and with his set up he usually doesn't increase this, but does stiffen up the rears.
Can someone explain how each component affects the car overall? I'm having the Mark Fish set up and want to be able to understand matters and how it will effect the handaling characteristics, especially if I want to change it about.
What I have found with the Trophy, rather than the 172, is that it's the back which is more likely to let go than the front when pushing hard. It has alot more front end girp and thus understeers much less so on a sweeping corner or sharp bend the front will go round and it's the back can feel quite livley. You may have to put through some corrections. This matter is clearly visable when in the wet. This is something I'd like to try to reduce to give a more pleasurable driving experience especially when on track. That is, more rear end girp. I feel this would increase the overall confidence I have in the car and allow me to go quicker. Either this, or simply more experience of driving with the current set up.
How will lowering it and increasing the rears stiffness help to give more stability of the rear? What affects will it have overall bar less body roll?
I'm really stupid in this area so guidance and peoples findings would be good. Prehaps we can collect some data on what settings we find works well on what set ups. I.e. those that run koni's and eibach's. Those that run the MF set up and what front and rear adjustable settings to use....
