Those are great examples of different situations. My next SCCA event I'll have to see if I can get my son set up on a tighter part of the course for some shots of harder cornering.
Again, I'm trying to see how my car is doing compared to others with cars like mine. As far as I know, I'm the only one in this SCCA region that even runs CAM class, so trying to compare to lowered Hondas and 350Zs just doesn't help me much, lol! By watching and talking things out with folks like you is helping me get a better car and driving style together. After all, somebody, with maybe a G body or other "different" car needs to whoop up on all those Camaros once in a while, right?
Yeah, I suppose it's hard to tell/ compare unless we could see both cars on the same track. I watched my video a bunch of times last night, particularly the quicker turns before the large sweeper. It seems like I have decent roll range, but I guess I just need some video/ photos from some areas with tighter turns to see what's going on there too. I've tried to pay attention to different cars and folks like Ron, and I realize that some roll is good to help plant the tires, not enough or too much maybe isn't so good.
It seems there's only a handful of us G body guys that are serious about autocross, it would be way too cool for me to meet up with some of you guys at an event and compare notes. Maybe one day... I'm totally changing my entire suspension in August so I can sneak in a couple of SCCA events before the Hotchkis autocross at Fontana in October. Maybe there will be some other G body guys there, hopefully. Next year I'm going to try to get out to the Heidts challenge so maybe that's where I'll see some of ya.
Thanks for sharing that Ron. One of the reasons I'm deciding to go to Coilovers is so that I can play with/ factor in easy ride height and spring rate changes. The most recent mod to my car was cutting a bit of coil off the front springs and it went lower than I had wanted. In a world like this to me dealing with coil springs is a lot bigger pain than just swapping to coilovers.
Lance- Sorry to hijack your thread a little, just trying to learn from the things you're trying to sort out.
Ron- so in a car like Lance's or mine, being a daily driver that's "purpose built" and will see more track time than the average car, what type of range are we looking for in shocks? 2+ inches?
If I'm understanding you correctly you're going with a stiffer sway bar so he can maintain the height but lessen the roll, correct? Do you feel like the car is close to where it needs to be other than that?
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