To adjust or not to adjust - whiteline ARB.
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To adjust or not to adjust - whiteline ARB.
Taking the plunge and making a few suspension mods.
I'm going to get solid drop links and a rear ARB to start but don't know which to get.
I'm assuming a 22mm adjustable is the one to go for but do I really need it adjustable and do I really want a 24 over a 22?
Whats it all about then?
Cheers in advance
I'm going to get solid drop links and a rear ARB to start but don't know which to get.
I'm assuming a 22mm adjustable is the one to go for but do I really need it adjustable and do I really want a 24 over a 22?
Whats it all about then?
Cheers in advance
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Most people seem to fit the 22mm adjustable and have it on the middle setting, then never adjust it I lasted about a week before trying the stiffer setting and have never switched it back. No point. In retrospect, 24mm bar would probably have been ideal for me, with no adjustment. I am considering the front bar now, but will probably get an adjustable one just in case it is too skittish when at its stiffest. I suppose the adjustability opens up options, but I may end up with too many options with 3 positions on the front and rear bars and 12 positions on the AST's
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imho:
Stock front bar + 22mm rear in middle = happiness
As above but hard hole on the rear = personal taste (no problem)
22mm front + 24mm middle/soft hole = happiness
As above but hard hole on the rear = personal taste (brave man)
Experiment and you will find the sweet spot.
Graham
Stock front bar + 22mm rear in middle = happiness
As above but hard hole on the rear = personal taste (no problem)
22mm front + 24mm middle/soft hole = happiness
As above but hard hole on the rear = personal taste (brave man)
Experiment and you will find the sweet spot.
Graham
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Ah but did you know that a 3 hole ARB actually has 5 possible settings..?
No..?, nor did I..! According to whiteline changing one hole on one side = 1 setting, therefore giving you 5 settings of stiffness..!
To clarify, both sides don't need to be on same hole ie; 'outer' hole and the other side on the middle hole. Or you can go; outer/outer, outer/middle, middle/middle, middle/inner, inner/inner..! iirc..
No..?, nor did I..! According to whiteline changing one hole on one side = 1 setting, therefore giving you 5 settings of stiffness..!
To clarify, both sides don't need to be on same hole ie; 'outer' hole and the other side on the middle hole. Or you can go; outer/outer, outer/middle, middle/middle, middle/inner, inner/inner..! iirc..
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22mm front + 24mm middle/soft hole = happiness
As above but hard hole on the rear = personal taste (brave man)
As above but hard hole on the rear = personal taste (brave man)
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It is usual when the rear gets too stiff that the car will become prone to oversteer. I have found that since moving to the stiffer setting that I can no longer provoke oversteer, whereas I used to enjoy drifting the back end on some of the twistier routes I enjoy. The car is phenomenally fast with the AST's, Whiteline bits and a spanking geometry set-up, but some of the fun has gone.
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ok thanks, sorry for my previous question but I didn't understand the meaning of the phrase...
I'm thinking in buying 22mm front arb, 24mm adjustable arb, black ALK ( I think it's harder than the yellow? ) and the 2 polybushes from set 1...
I think I'll try the stiffer hole? or should I start in the middle hole?
I'm thinking in buying 22mm front arb, 24mm adjustable arb, black ALK ( I think it's harder than the yellow? ) and the 2 polybushes from set 1...
I think I'll try the stiffer hole? or should I start in the middle hole?
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It's only a 5 minute job to swap, so start on the middle then try the harder. I know I prefer the harder on my 22mm rear bar. Haven't done the front yet as a guy I know who does lots of track work said it would reintroduce understeer and make the set-up skittish. I'm gonna drive my mates Type 20 to confirm this. Not sure what the difference between the 2 ALK's is, as I always thought they were just a series of shims and spacers to reposition various steering and suspension components to allow a more extreme set-up
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Basic rule:
Soft front and stiff rear will help kill understeer.
Too stiff in the rear and instability is introduced which could be called oversteer.
A chassis that has the tendancy to over/under steer will entertain, a neutral one will be the quicker car as control is easy in comparison but the drama will be missing, hence true comment in #9 above by Corradoboy.
Depends if you want entertainment or to get from A to B the quickest way.
Graham
Soft front and stiff rear will help kill understeer.
Too stiff in the rear and instability is introduced which could be called oversteer.
A chassis that has the tendancy to over/under steer will entertain, a neutral one will be the quicker car as control is easy in comparison but the drama will be missing, hence true comment in #9 above by Corradoboy.
Depends if you want entertainment or to get from A to B the quickest way.
Graham
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