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KOU In3
post Oct 22 2003, 02:48 AM
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I've been meaning to post this for some time but keep forgetting. I've done a lot of searching on DSMtalk and others but have been finding mainly info on FWD or autocross set-ups.

What the consensus on the best suspension settings for drag racing. Obviously maximizing contact patch as far as camber, etc. But what about stiffness? As stiff as possible all the way around? Or some slack up front to minimize rebound after the initial backwards weight transfer shifts forwards again?

I know the general comment is, "it's awd, it doesn't matter." But I'm not so sure there isn't a healthy amount of time to be shaved off from proper suspension work. It seems to pay dividends with the FWD and RWD guys, why not us?


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post Oct 24 2003, 09:54 AM
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As Kris said the orange car is setup with JIC's. He acutally knows more about them than I do. Marcus said the fastest AWD's show little weight transfer. This is what the orange car does. The rear is very stiff to prevent squatting.
The front is also stiff with limited travel. When you raise the front more than about 2 inches with jack the fronts wheels live the ground. Overall as mentioned earlier this setup helps the front tires bite harder which reduces stress on the rear axles, driveshaft, and transfer case.

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