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GPL: Setup help

Aubrey Wind

GPL: Setup help

by Aubrey Wind » Fri, 26 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I believe that this is the result of a "mismatch" between your anti-roll-
bars and your springs.  Your springs are too
understeery and your ARB's are too oversteery or visa-versa.  To get more
oversteer stiffen the rear and/or soften the
front, to get more understeer do just the opposite.  I have no system for
it, it's just trial and error.  Since your problem
is with accelleration you might want to fiddle with the rear rebound dampers
too.  Good luck!

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Patrick Gilmor

GPL: Setup help

by Patrick Gilmor » Sat, 27 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I have just switched from racing the Eagle to the Ferrari and was wondering
if anyone can give me some suggestions on the setup problems I am having.

 I am currently running at Silverstone and with the default setup the car
seems to slew back and forth under heavy acceleration in the higher gears.
It is very hard to keep the car in a straight line to say the least, but I
am really happy with the way it corners. I never had this problem at all
with the Eagle, so I don't think this is some kind of controller problem.

I read that adding some toe-in to the fronts would help this, but it seems
to have little effect, and beyond that I am not sure what would help cure
this problem.

I have already lowered my best time while running the Ferrari, but I am sure
that I could improve it considerably if I could apply the throttle without
the loss of car control at higher speeds.

Patrick Gilmore


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