Originally Posted by
Justin Upchurch
Stiffer springs and the rear sway bar will help. I hope that Naumoff would chime in because he mentioned some excellent times that he turned in while autocrossing his car with Clay on the Gasholes forum. If I remember correctly he was only a second off of Clay's Elise and that was with BFG tires!
I think Naumoff also ran that event with the spring rubbers in place to set the spring rate. He may be onto something with the use of these instead of trying different shocks and springs until you find the correct combonation. I'm sure you could call Pro Shock or Afco and tell the what your current spring is and the stiffness of the inserts and come up with a good spring rate for your car.
Good luck, It is nice to see you enjoying the car.
Justin
Justin is correct. Naumoff does have a good set-up. When an SCCA National Solo Champion drove his Unique, he shaved about 5 more seconds off those times, and he was very impressed with the car. He had only driven the FFR with solid rear axle, and he felt the IRS made it a different animal and very capable car.
Naumoff and I were both Solo rookies. I was overdriving the Elise, because it has so much grip, I kept forgetting to brake, so I spent the entire day driving longer lines and missing the proper apexes. Sometimes you have to go slow to go fast, and I haven't gotten that yet.
Hey Phil........it was about time........jeez I waited forever!!!!!
Clay
1998 Unique #9299,
427FE side oiler (452.1-stroker)
Top-loader (close), 3.31 rear
Annapolis, MD