Hey RHop
Nice seeing you yesterday and talking with us a little. We brought the orange '08 that the wife drove in your heat. I took it out in the afternoon and got down to a 53.67 but I was wringing everything out of it that it had. Good thing I have a few years of Miata driving under my belt so I was already trained in the ways of momentum maintenance. It was fun for a box-stock automatic with Z2s that I guessed tire pressures on (something like 30F 32R). We're mulling over putting some springs on it, maybe shocks just for more low but I don't see us switching out of STS anytime soon. |
Wow I am impressed considering that it is the first time I have seen a first gen fit out there. My best time was a 53.35. As far as tire pressures go I run 47FL 43FR 28R. The car stock with some sway bars and camber bolts is pretty decent even if it is a bit pitchy. For the GDs I heard a front strut brace can help as well. Some of the weight difference between our generations is chassis stiffness.
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The wife's going to try the Fit again this weekend with Autocrossers Inc. I might try raising the pressures some more, maybe even disconnect the front sway bar since it was pretty pushy when I drove it. I'm going to run my clunker MGB in the morning and might jump into the Fit for the afternoon session.
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It is fun to disconnect the front sway bar. With added negative camber the car will oversteer a lot and the front tires stuck like glue. If you are going to disconnect it though I would remove it entirely. I had problems with the compressed side pushing the bar rubbing the drive-shaft against the sway bar on the uncompressed side. In the ge8s you have to drop the engine subframe some amount to remove it.
Here are pics from that day: https://app.box.com/s/ffzprmikv3e7ln0shqyl Ultimately my PAX placement was no better than before so I tried it and moved on. You need stiffer front springs to make use of that. I would add a rear bar if you have not already. That makes a pretty significant difference. If anything people with the stock suspension say to put a bigger front bar on to reduce the camber change. |
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