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Subject There's a difference between weight and response
     
Posted by BlackholeZ on February 16, 2016 at 2:39 AM
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In Reply To Just seems like so much more wheel and tire to turn posted by Polish on February 15, 2016 at 04:24 PM
     
Message What Matt's talking about is that as you start to turn the wheel, the amount of response you get from the car is not directly proportional. As you start to turn the wheel, bushings that were not loaded or were loaded differently shift and load up before you get direct outputs. With fresher/stiffer bushings or spherical bearings you minimize or remove the response delay. Unfortunately tightening things up usually also equates to a harsher ride more NVH transmitted to the cabin.

For spirited driving, the Z definitely needs help keeping the front end in check. There's a lot of mass up there being thrown around and in stock trim we get a lot of understeer. Running a 275 up front along with the arms/bushings I have has really brought the front into check, and has highlighted issues I need to address in the back now.

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