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Alright, I've had the Firebird back together for about a couple of months now, been driving the wheels off of it to get everything broken in so I can get the alignment dialed in. I did, btw, have an alignment done after the work was completed to make sure it was safe to drive.
Anyways, I'm going to have the alignment checked and tweaked to get it spot on, and was hoping for some feedback on settings. I'd like to get the most out of the car that I can while keeping the steering from being too twitchy on the highway, and wearing out the tires in a matter of months (the Z-rated Toyos wear out fast enough as it is).
I did some looking around and read the preferred settings for a car that is used for autocross, and compared them to the factory specs. I'm guessing that the autocross settings would work decently well for a car that is street driven? I beat on the car pretty hard, and have found the limits of it's cornering capabilities more than a few times. It's not a daily driver, although it does get driven very often.
The reason I'm asking is that the steering feels just a little numb on center. To me, the wheel doesn't feel quite as responsive as it should.
Here's a list of what's been done to the car, and what's soon to come. Hopefully someone can help me tune this thing so I can really wring it out. The car is originally a Y87, btw.
Current mods-
SLP Stage2 Bilstein/Eibach kit (can't remember the spring rates or damping settings, although it lowers the front approximately a half inch or less, while the rear appears to be about a half to one inch lower)
Eibach swaybar kits, front and rear
Energy Suspension urethane bushings all around
SLP Firehawk wheels with Toyo Proxes 4 - 275/40/ZR17's (not positive, but I believe the SLP wheels have the same measurements as 1LE/WS6)
BMR adjustable phb
1LE/WS6 driveshaft
Minor weight reduction (rear seats/seat belts, spare tire, jack, some sound deadening)
Soon to come-
Shock tower bar, most likely a set of subframe connectors, adustable torque arm
More weight reduction (composite hood, sound deadening, possibly some lighter weight chassis components)
Battery relocation
That's all I can think of right now. Hopefully someone will have some useful input on how to set everything to help me get a little more out of the cars handling.
Anyways, I'm going to have the alignment checked and tweaked to get it spot on, and was hoping for some feedback on settings. I'd like to get the most out of the car that I can while keeping the steering from being too twitchy on the highway, and wearing out the tires in a matter of months (the Z-rated Toyos wear out fast enough as it is).
I did some looking around and read the preferred settings for a car that is used for autocross, and compared them to the factory specs. I'm guessing that the autocross settings would work decently well for a car that is street driven? I beat on the car pretty hard, and have found the limits of it's cornering capabilities more than a few times. It's not a daily driver, although it does get driven very often.
The reason I'm asking is that the steering feels just a little numb on center. To me, the wheel doesn't feel quite as responsive as it should.
Here's a list of what's been done to the car, and what's soon to come. Hopefully someone can help me tune this thing so I can really wring it out. The car is originally a Y87, btw.
Current mods-
SLP Stage2 Bilstein/Eibach kit (can't remember the spring rates or damping settings, although it lowers the front approximately a half inch or less, while the rear appears to be about a half to one inch lower)
Eibach swaybar kits, front and rear
Energy Suspension urethane bushings all around
SLP Firehawk wheels with Toyo Proxes 4 - 275/40/ZR17's (not positive, but I believe the SLP wheels have the same measurements as 1LE/WS6)
BMR adjustable phb
1LE/WS6 driveshaft
Minor weight reduction (rear seats/seat belts, spare tire, jack, some sound deadening)
Soon to come-
Shock tower bar, most likely a set of subframe connectors, adustable torque arm
More weight reduction (composite hood, sound deadening, possibly some lighter weight chassis components)
Battery relocation
That's all I can think of right now. Hopefully someone will have some useful input on how to set everything to help me get a little more out of the cars handling.
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