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ALMS mod Setup 101

3 posts by 2 people · 22 May 2002 20:32 UTC - 22 May 2002 21:14 UTC

Dave Henrie 22 May 2002 20:32 UTC#118945

I've been running some laps with the BMW's in the ALMS mod, but i get a fairly violent lunging of the car when I hit the brakes... It will dart left or right If I'm not completely straight before braking. Since I'm a doofu...errr since I'm not the smar...uhmmmm since i don't know crap about setting up a car, what should I be looking at to moderate this unruly behaivor? My first guess would be moving the weight center of gravity, but forward or back?(or what other changes 'should' i be looking at?) thanks dave henrie

Tom Pabst 22 May 2002 21:13 UTC↳ reply to Dave Henrie #118949

Dave... I assume first.....you are using Doug's setups? Then.....look at the brake bias in the setup screen. Doug has his set at 58%.....I like mine more like 55% or 56% with my brake controller rig. You can try what works best for yours. The rear of the car should not move around much on normal threshold braking. If the front is darting....you have the ride-height too low....or not enough spring....because the car is hitting the bump stops (shocks could be too soft in front as well). That is not a problem with Doug's setups, however. Hope this helps. Tom "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cfTG8.86277$[email hidden]... > I've been running some laps with the BMW's in the ALMS mod, but i get a > fairly violent lunging of the car when I hit the brakes... It will dartleft

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> or right If I'm not completely straight before braking. > Since I'm a doofu...errr since I'm not the smar...uhmmmm since i don't > know crap about setting up a car, what should I be looking at to moderate > this unruly behaivor? > My first guess would be moving the weight center of gravity, but forward > or back?(or what other changes 'should' i be looking at?) > thanks > dave henrie > >

Tom Pabst 22 May 2002 21:14 UTC↳ reply to Tom Pabst #118950

PS: What are you turning in the beamer at Malaysia? TP "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:JRTG8.86548$[email hidden]... > Dave... > > I assume first.....you are using Doug's setups? Then.....look at thebrake > bias in the setup screen. Doug has his set at 58%.....I like mine morelike > 55% or 56% with my brake controller rig. You can try what works best for > yours. The rear of the car should not move around much on normalthreshold > braking. If the front is darting....you have the ride-height toolow....or > not enough spring....because the car is hitting the bump stops (shockscould

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> be too soft in front as well). That is not a problem with Doug's setups, > however. > > Hope this helps. > > Tom > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:cfTG8.86277$[email hidden]... > > I've been running some laps with the BMW's in the ALMS mod, but i get

a > > fairly violent lunging of the car when I hit the brakes... It will dart > left > > or right If I'm not completely straight before braking. > > Since I'm a doofu...errr since I'm not the smar...uhmmmm since i don't > > know crap about setting up a car, what should I be looking at tomoderate > > this unruly behaivor? > > My first guess would be moving the weight center of gravity, butforward

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> > or back?(or what other changes 'should' i be looking at?) > > thanks > > dave henrie > > > > > >