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Dandenong Ranges, VIC
Registered:
July 2004
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TA22 suspension options
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Sun, 15 May 2005 12:44
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I'm trying to dial out some understeer/find more front end grip from my 22.
Current setup:
25mm front, 15mm rear sway bars
-1.5" K-mac springs F&R (unknown rate)
K-mac gas shocks
Nolathane bushes (swaybars, control arms)
Front: 195/60/14 Falken Azenis RT615 *coming soon*
Rear: 205/60/14 Falken Ziex ZE502
stock camber & caster
After a bit of research, I think im after between -1.5deg and -2deg camber by using RA40 lower control arms, winding in ~2 degrees caster and some nice tyres (Azenis R-compound)
I do most of my driving at high speed on windy mountain roads.
I'm happy with my ride quality (not to hard) but I'm worried about body roll if I took out some sway bar, hence I'd like to avoid that.
Any thoughts?
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Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: TA22 suspension options
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Sun, 15 May 2005 13:47
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bigger rear sway bar, smaller front one, skinnier rear tyres...
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: TA22 suspension options
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Sun, 15 May 2005 16:11
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"Upping" the rear sway bar will only really help if he has the power to throw the back end around - what engine are we talkinghere, and what purpose? Personally, I'd like to see the castor around 5 degrees too.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: TA22 suspension options
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Sun, 15 May 2005 16:11
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Oh, and before you do anything, put the R comps on and try it out - the car will handle differently with the new tyres.
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Location:
Dandenong Ranges, VIC
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: TA22 suspension options
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Mon, 16 May 2005 10:08
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Well, wont be getting those tyres, apparantly they havn't started making them yet. Falken have discontinued and sold out of their other R-compound tyres aswell. Spewin' Everything else is a bit out of my budget (RE55's etc.) Settled for ST115's and I'll be driving with them before I make any geometric changes.
The motor is a fairly warm 2T (278deg cam, 32/36 carb, extractors, exhaust etc,) so power oversteer isnt exactly there for the taking, although there's enough poke to make it throttle steerable to some degree.
What sort of effect is 5deg caster likely to have in terms or grip and bump steer? and do the stock caster rods allow for that much adjustment?
Has anyone here put RA40 LCA's into their TA22 and can comment on them?
Cheers,
Jim.
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