build diary

October 19, 2005: Well, the trackday rush has worn off so I'm starting to look at the car again.
The LR tire is showing dramatic wear on the inside while the RR is nice and even. I think it's time to stop messing around with home alignment tools and pay the money to put this car on a rack. At least I'll then be starting with a reasonable setup upon which to make changes.

I had an interesting conversation with the owner of the ex-GRM car. He's been watching this page and starting to wonder if he should be having any trouble with his car! He pointed me towards series of photographs (4 pages worth!) of his car at an autocross. The roll that plagues me is almost completely absent! The worst roll I could find on his car can be seen in this photo - compare it with my own. He runs Miata rear sway bars front and rear (much smaller than my front bar) and is not lacking in the tire department. It appears that his car sits a fair bit lower than mine, making me wonder if he's cornering on the bumpstops although he claims lots of suspension travel. But still, it's like a different car. He's running 2 degrees of negative front and rear with nice even tire temps. Perhaps CMC threw in a set of stiffer springs on this build. GRM has no idea and of course CMC can't tell us. It's very curious. I think I'm going to put on some stiff springs based on Heikki's suggestions and just tie the car down. The 25% stiffer springs I was expecting from GAZ didn't work out so I'm looking for something else, closer to a 100% increase in the front.

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