Hey everyone,
Figured I should post up my on going thoughts/questions concerning my newly installed ASTs and camber plates. (Bought from employee of Vorshlag)
I am by no means a fantastic driver yet, but it is a work in progress.
The other modifications are a thick APR Rear Sway Bar, an increased boost tune when events allow it (non scca classed), catback exhaust, and 17x8 Team Dynamics wheels with 235/40/17 Kumho XS's.
Current Spring rates are 350 front / 250 rear
Here are my initial first impressions from a MKV GTI forum
Well I finished the texas time trials, and I got a very interesting first test of the ASTs. First off is that the car, compared to my previous Bilstien Sport + Eibach Sportline setup, now has much much more body roll due to the AST's previous owner's softer spring package.
However, speaking of grip, oh my god. There is so much of it, I was constantly under driving the car. Instead of just pushing on through the body roll to the real limits of grip I would let off. However, one lap I did manage to get the tires to squeal more, using the available grip. I ran a 43.75 which was very quick. Up there with David in his C5 Z06 and Robert Jones' in his S2000 CR.
So now i need to, besides learning to drive through body roll, figure out what spring rates will work best to replace my softer set up.
Then I may still mess with ride height a tad, to see if I can get the center of gravity lower.
Even though the car would stay neutral and not really understeer, unless I lighted up the front wheels of course. Turn in remained very slightly delayed. I am currently running 0 degrees of toe in the front. So I think the soft springs are also effecting this as well.
All in all the setup is noticeably faster then the Bilstein setup. Me learning to drive it and tweak it is still a work in progress. Either way the car is much more rewarding to drive and the greater speed is certainly not bad either.
Figured I should post up my on going thoughts/questions concerning my newly installed ASTs and camber plates. (Bought from employee of Vorshlag)
I am by no means a fantastic driver yet, but it is a work in progress.
The other modifications are a thick APR Rear Sway Bar, an increased boost tune when events allow it (non scca classed), catback exhaust, and 17x8 Team Dynamics wheels with 235/40/17 Kumho XS's.
Current Spring rates are 350 front / 250 rear
Here are my initial first impressions from a MKV GTI forum
Well I finished the texas time trials, and I got a very interesting first test of the ASTs. First off is that the car, compared to my previous Bilstien Sport + Eibach Sportline setup, now has much much more body roll due to the AST's previous owner's softer spring package.
However, speaking of grip, oh my god. There is so much of it, I was constantly under driving the car. Instead of just pushing on through the body roll to the real limits of grip I would let off. However, one lap I did manage to get the tires to squeal more, using the available grip. I ran a 43.75 which was very quick. Up there with David in his C5 Z06 and Robert Jones' in his S2000 CR.
So now i need to, besides learning to drive through body roll, figure out what spring rates will work best to replace my softer set up.
Then I may still mess with ride height a tad, to see if I can get the center of gravity lower.
Even though the car would stay neutral and not really understeer, unless I lighted up the front wheels of course. Turn in remained very slightly delayed. I am currently running 0 degrees of toe in the front. So I think the soft springs are also effecting this as well.
All in all the setup is noticeably faster then the Bilstein setup. Me learning to drive it and tweak it is still a work in progress. Either way the car is much more rewarding to drive and the greater speed is certainly not bad either.
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