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Old 04-26-2007, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Grant View Post
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With the ex-Larry suspension, you're saying that drop spindles didn't help understeer at all? Because that pretty much would be the situation where I would have thought drop spindles would have helped (not having excessive spring rates, allowing the car to roll a bit and utilizing more negative camber when cornering hard).
I notice more difference in the wheel and tire setups than the spindles. I notice a big difference in running 23" tires vs 24" tires on a soft or relatively high car. With 24" tires, you have to really lower the thing down an additional inch to compensate. Also, track differences make a huge difference.

If you want snap oversteer, my first Verde had the recipe. Narrow et 45 speedlines, 1.5 degree negative camber, 24mm front bar, Shanlkle Sport Springs, stock torsion bars, Koni red, tire pressures: F36 R32. This was a drift car before drifting ever was invented. I got a really wide drift coming around a low speed 2nd gear corner in the neighborhood. Imagine the fun in the rain.

I would say that the spindles might improve grip slightly at the front with a soft set up, but not the massive reduction in plow that you would think. The firmer the springs are and the more static camber, the less I believe this matters.
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