I took some advice from the comments here and made some changes to the car. I changed the front spring rate from 350lbs to 500lbs. I also fixed an issue I had with the plumbing and pedal ratio of the brakes. Yesterday I went and did some testing at T-Hill. The car feels much better with the stiffer springs and corrected brakes. I'm amazed that the car is actually smoother with the springs when the shocks are on a light setting. I expected a harsher ride
That said, I also had my shocks on a mid range setting and decided to go full stiff to see how the car would react. The car was incredibly stiff but did handle well. I noted much less noise from the tires. Only issues I felt was a harsh feel under braking, ouside tire wear on the driver side front and the rear feeling loose in the turn.
I decided to take 2 clicks of adjsutment out of the front shocks and to increase the tire pressure from 38 to 41. After these adjustments the car was more stable and the rear felt more solid. I can't tell about the tire wear but there was much less tire noise in the corners. The car was still a bit harsh (for lack of better words) under braking but seemed better.
Hard to say if I was faster or not becasue I am too much of a novice for timing with NCRC but compared to my first time at T-Hill the car was 100% better. The car was not diving near as much under braking and seemed to be pushing much less in turn 11. I'm very interested to see how the car reacts with these settings on a tighted autocross course.
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