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Suspension Tuning

It’s tough finding the right suspension for autocross, track, and daily driving, but I think I have a good mix right now. To recap: Texas Speedwerks springs (stiffer, linear, lower about 20mm); Ireland Engineering Camber Plates (increase front end negative camber); H-Sport rear lower control arms (correct camber in the rear due to lowering); Alta adjustable rear anti-sway-bar (set to medium stiffness); and M7 Strut Tower Reinforcement (STR) Plates to prevent mushrooming.

IE Camber Plates

I did my first autocross of the year and first event with a new club, the Capital Driving Club, this past weekend. Once the course dried out, the car handled quite well. I was probably the fastest car on street tires and maybe in the top 5 of 24 for the Sunday test & tune. The car is very neutral. I’m still suffering wheel-spin due to my lack of a limited-slip differential, but I think the car is dialed-in pretty well. Now it’s up to me to raise my skills to match the car.