Feb 6, 2009 12:34:48 PM
- Alex_997TT
- Rennteam Master
- Loc: Reading , United Kingdom
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- Registered on: Nov 20, 2005
GMG sway settings
I am going to have a play with my 3 settings GMG sways in a week or so with my tuner. I am currently middle stiffness setting both front and rear.
I want to get the car more stable over rough terrain and I think it's too stiff right now so it's losing traction and feels 'jittery', even a straight line.
Anyone have any recommendations?
GMG recommend stiff rear and soft front settings. Also I know Cannga did some investigations of his own:
I have tried so far 3 different combinations.
1. Medium front, medium rear, stock drop links
2. Soft front, stiff rear, Tarett drop links (keep in mind the Tarett drop links make the suspension feel stiffer and you'll understand why I had to move to the next step)
3. Medium front, medium rear, Tarett drop links
Making front sway as soft as possible and rear sway as stiff as possible is the setting recommended when one is trying to reduce understeer. However there were consequences when I did this:
1. When I set the front sway to soft, it made the car lean more (as expected) AND the steering response feel loose. For example, when you wiggle the steering back and forth on the freeway, the car wouldn't lean/respond immediately, and would continue to lean a touch after steering wheel is stopped. This is similar to behavior of stock sway.
2. Making rear sway stiff: Might be ok with stock drop links, but I wouldn't advise this with the Tarett drop links. The Tarett drop links make the suspension feel stiffer to begin with, using Tarett with the stiff rear sway setting makes the ride way too stiff for me.
My observation is that the rear sway setting affects your ride quality quite a bit, more than the front. And the front setting affects steering feel. As far as understeer, hard for me to feel the difference, perhaps because I don't track the car and therefore don't corner at speeds high enough to feel a difference.
So bottom line is: keep in mind that when you change sway setting, the ride gets affected quite a bit, particularly in the rear. With stock drop links, I would suggest you try medium front, and medium or hard rear. With Tarett drop links, I would suggest medium front, and medium or soft rear.
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