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Joined: 5/5/2007 From: Richmond, VA Status: offline
I am curious how you all have your Tokico D-Specs adjusted. Personally I run 3 full turns from full stiffness front and rear. Do you run the F & R with the same stiffness or are you running a more custom setup? Please discuss.
I usually have it on 2 from hard or when im hittin the hills ill go 2 from hard up front and 3 from hard in the rear or when im draggin ill go softest in the rear
"Right now I'm running 5 and five, front and rear. At the drags I run full out in front, full in at the rear, allowing the front to raise with as little resistance as possible, weight transfer applied to the rear as quickly as possible. At autocross, depending on tire/wheel and front/rear sway bar combinations, anywhere from 1 1/2 out rear, four out front to 1/2 out rear to 3 1/2 (or more) out front. Stiffer = less cornering power at that end."
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ORIGINAL: ANBAUTO I usually have it on 2 from hard or when im hittin the hills ill go 2 from hard up front and 3 from hard in the rear or when im draggin ill go softest in the rear
If you are Drag racing why would you set the rear to soft? You don't want the rear to squat. In general you want the rear firm and the front soft - or am I missing something here?
Also - I notice a lot of folks are setting the front more firm than the rear. I'm curious why. The stock front sway is very stiff. The normal way to counter a stiff front is to stiffen the rear or soften the front. For AutoX I've done lots of fiddling and found that having the front set softer than the rear reduces understeer a bit. Anybody care to elaborate on your findings? I see that some of the other guys who AutoX, like FyouGitive, are backing up my findings.
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I have my rear set to full firm (as Argonaut said for Drag racing). I have QA1 coil overs in the front and they are set to soft.
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i'm with argo - for those who do, why would you have the front set stiffer than the rear?
and for the record, i run 1 full turn from hard all around, all the time. once i'm finally able to get my 19"s on, though, i might soften it up a bit. i like my stang to feel like a muscle car, not a marshmellow !
At the drags I usually go with 7 turns in the front, 5 in the rear. Maybe I'll try a little more stiff in the rear. What kind of 60 times you guys pulling?
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05:CAI,tune,adj LCA,Panhard,Pan Brace,rear Sway,D-Specs,lowering springs,Sypdershaft,Spec 2+ clutch, Comp. Flywheel,MGW sts,WHIPPLE HO on 7/3 CAI+tune only12.877 @ 106.79 w/ 1.819 CAI+tune+suspension12.783 @ 108.05 w/ 1.841 both on stock tires
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Where do you have your D-specs set at? - 
Used to have them at 2.5 and 3 until I put the 20's on
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