RJdude3
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Well, just completed my first full track day in the car ( I've done many motorcycle track days at this track) and what a blast it was! Very different feeling going around this track in a car versus a track bike.
Car ran really well and felt like I was in the top half of the intermediate group as far as lap times go. However my biggest complaint was the front end push, besides the high RPM shift lockout trying to downshift. No matter what kind of throttle I gave it in the middle of the corner, the front end just wanted to go straight. The faster the corner, the worse it was. At least around some of the slower corners, I would be in 2nd and give some throttle to get the rear end to rotate more. However around the sweepers, the harder I pushed the front end the worse it got. When I was chasing a Camaro ZL1, I could tell I started to abuse the front tires too much to the point I overheated them and made the push even worse. I would have to back down my pace to cool the tires down and regain some grip. I am also running the billet grill and the NMD ducktail spoiler, witch could also be adding to my problem. I did notice quite a lot of hood movement at 120mph, I could imagine that spoiler giving me a lot more rear downforce over stock.
My current setup:
255/45/18 BFG sport comp 2's (front/rear)
2007 OEM GT500 wheels 18x9.5
Ford Racing Struts
Eibach sportline springs
GT500 front brembo's
Rear Tubular control arms (upper and lowers) and aftermarket UCA mount
Adjustable panard bar
Stock front/rear sway bars
To me it felt like the car was falling over too much on that outside tire which was attributing to the push. some of the guys at the track were telling me that stiffening the front way would make my car push worse and that I needed to stiffen rear bar. I thought I would ask you guys that have these cars before I spend the money on new front/rear bars. I also saw a lot of guys running strut tower bars and thought that might need to be on my buy list as well.
This was my fastest lap of the day. Let me know what you guys think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBKPkiiWeTc
Car ran really well and felt like I was in the top half of the intermediate group as far as lap times go. However my biggest complaint was the front end push, besides the high RPM shift lockout trying to downshift. No matter what kind of throttle I gave it in the middle of the corner, the front end just wanted to go straight. The faster the corner, the worse it was. At least around some of the slower corners, I would be in 2nd and give some throttle to get the rear end to rotate more. However around the sweepers, the harder I pushed the front end the worse it got. When I was chasing a Camaro ZL1, I could tell I started to abuse the front tires too much to the point I overheated them and made the push even worse. I would have to back down my pace to cool the tires down and regain some grip. I am also running the billet grill and the NMD ducktail spoiler, witch could also be adding to my problem. I did notice quite a lot of hood movement at 120mph, I could imagine that spoiler giving me a lot more rear downforce over stock.
My current setup:
255/45/18 BFG sport comp 2's (front/rear)
2007 OEM GT500 wheels 18x9.5
Ford Racing Struts
Eibach sportline springs
GT500 front brembo's
Rear Tubular control arms (upper and lowers) and aftermarket UCA mount
Adjustable panard bar
Stock front/rear sway bars
To me it felt like the car was falling over too much on that outside tire which was attributing to the push. some of the guys at the track were telling me that stiffening the front way would make my car push worse and that I needed to stiffen rear bar. I thought I would ask you guys that have these cars before I spend the money on new front/rear bars. I also saw a lot of guys running strut tower bars and thought that might need to be on my buy list as well.
This was my fastest lap of the day. Let me know what you guys think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBKPkiiWeTc