Look what we did to Beaky yesterday. [
] Or more accurately look what Pete at Motorpreparation did yesterday while I shouted words of encouragement and polished things under my car.
Considerable encouragement was required as all of the rear adjustment was dirty and furry and needed dismantling and cleaning before it would move. Still, it should be much easier next time.
Was rather hoping for a bit more neg camber at the front but that was all the adjustment we had.
We did the rear first and couldn't be asked to reduce the camber subsequently to match the front so have put the rear anti roll bar on its most vicious of setting to try to dial out any understeer.
I've not had a chance to really drive the car much since, apart from cruising around the M25 afterwards which doesn't count, but it does feel completely different.
Strangely the steering feels lighter but far more stable. It seems to take a deliberate effort to make the car change direction which it then does readily. After getting used to how the car felt previously I am having a job to understand what it is telling me now. Much gentle experimentation will now follow as I have a nasty feeling that he will grip like a limpet right to the point where he lets go with very little warning. One needs to understand where that point is so that I stay well away from it.
] Or more accurately look what Pete at Motorpreparation did yesterday while I shouted words of encouragement and polished things under my car.Considerable encouragement was required as all of the rear adjustment was dirty and furry and needed dismantling and cleaning before it would move. Still, it should be much easier next time.
Was rather hoping for a bit more neg camber at the front but that was all the adjustment we had.
We did the rear first and couldn't be asked to reduce the camber subsequently to match the front so have put the rear anti roll bar on its most vicious of setting to try to dial out any understeer.
I've not had a chance to really drive the car much since, apart from cruising around the M25 afterwards which doesn't count, but it does feel completely different.
Strangely the steering feels lighter but far more stable. It seems to take a deliberate effort to make the car change direction which it then does readily. After getting used to how the car felt previously I am having a job to understand what it is telling me now. Much gentle experimentation will now follow as I have a nasty feeling that he will grip like a limpet right to the point where he lets go with very little warning. One needs to understand where that point is so that I stay well away from it.
