Rear Lower Stress Bar Feeler

[mgfranz]

Originally Posted by Topless

Your new alignment specs look good and will maximize your car for stock suspension running dual purpose street/rack use, with much better tire wear. It shout turn in better and feel more planted in a high speed 3rd gear sweeper. Now to add some tires with more dry grip that hold up well to continuous lapping.

I agree that the lower stress bar is the wrong tool to add negative camber to the rear. The front is where added camber pays the greatest benefits anyways. Fix that first, then evaluate the rear.

The rear stress bar will have to be fully evaluated at the track, but the development of it was mainly to tighten up the rear and solve a potential weak point in that aluminum pan.

Tires may have to wait, just put on a new set of Falkon Ziex 950 to try.

[Topless]

Well, those tires will be fine as an all around commuter A/S tire. On a race track they will overheat and get greasy quick. You will not generate the lateral Gs necessary to thoroughly test your lower stress bar design on those tires.

If you plan to do track days, find a set of takeoff wheels and mount some Extreme performance street tires that add monstrous dry grip and can really take the heat of continuous lapping. They will also make your track day experience more enjoyable.