underscore":1d1548j5 said:
All true, but whenever I see a rally driver on tarmac they're clipping corners into the dirt and sliding the back end around which we won't be doing.
Speak for yourself
I was doing exactly this yesterday arvo on some nice semi-abandoned hills roads
I was doing some ECU tuning, and testing my new front strut compression damper settings.
The Koni 8611's are looking very promising with their digressive compression valving. More setup to do though.
underscore":1d1548j5 said:
At the end of the day though, the skills (or lack of) possessed by normal people are going to make a much bigger difference in the effectiveness of the car than subtle suspension changes.
Quite true, but it really does depend on how you drive the car.
If you like going fast around corners, a bad setup becomes obvious very quickly.
CMS-GT4":1d1548j5 said:
I do not think you can fully copy the tte 185's performance with knowing just a few specs. There are a lot of factors involved in the dampeners, corner weights, bump steer etc... Plus I am sure the more advanced awd system the rally car had might have some factors in suspension setup as well. I will experiment though and likely lower my front spring rate being closer to what the rally car lists. From my experience on anything less than a perfect track I am finding the 10kg fronts to cause traction issues on bad pavement.
I do actually have a full TTE tarmac car setup sheet (springs, damper, camber, caster, toe, rollbar, arm lengths, etc specs)... and no, im not sharing it (yet).
My front setup now is 475lb/in, Koni 8611-1259, ~5deg of caster (using T3 tops), ~2deg of static camber (crash bolts) and the factory anti-rollbar.
The Koni rebound setting is about 1/3rd, and compression is 9 clicks (out of 12).
I found some very bumpy tarmac corners and loaded up the suspension as much as i could (ECU logged me cornering at about 0.9G).
It handled it quite well considering. I think my springs are a little short (200mm) which means they are at full compression about 10mm too early (bumpstop hadnt fully compressed).
I think with 250mm springs, and and an extra click or two on the compression damping it'll be as good as this setup will get without some serious data analysis.
I am planning to fit linear strut position sensors at some point so i can tune them properly.