I have the Hotchkis Miata bars on the Eibach Prokit springs. It's almost too stiff for daily driving but absolutely necessary for track use due to the softer spring rates. If I had AST's or Ohlins I would go back to stock sway bars.
I have the Hotchkis Miata bars on the Eibach Prokit springs. It's almost too stiff for daily driving but absolutely necessary for track use due to the softer spring rates. If I had AST's or Ohlins I would go back to stock sway bars.
Dialing in more negative camber out front unlocked more grip. The slight understeer is now gone and the car is pretty much evenly balanced on Racing Beat full soft front and OEM rear.
John Evans
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Car still pushes. Trying the Racing Beat rear bar again.
John Evans
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I have Tein Flex coilovers on mine now so dialed down the Racing Beat roll bar stiffness since the coilover springs are fairly high rate (7/5). Alignment is -2deg camber front, -1.7 rear, zero toe front, minimal toe 1/32" in per side, high caster for weighty steering.
With the big change in suspension from previous (Mazdaspeed springs, factory Bilsteins), I moved the RB front bar to mid-stiff and the RB rear bar to soft and still found too much oversteer / edgy cornering. Disconnecting the rear RB bar made the car much more neutral (bit of understeer but takes a lot on the street to invoke this) and allows MUCH better traction out of tight corners and on bumpy surfaces so overall it is a faster setup. Will probably try the OEM rear sway to tweak a bit further.
CURRENT: black NC PRHT - mazdaspeed springs, RacingBeat sways, FM duals, lowered seat, accelerator pedal mod.
EX (260K km of adventures): blue NB - FM suspension, momo steering, FD OEM shift knob, cold-side intake, RacingBeat exhaust.
my car is almost full pay, so im thinking about this, lots of enthusias fellas are suggesting me the FM suspension package, so im think im going to do it.. i hope those punks in the dealer don't kill my warranty :S
2010 NCII TR
With my setup, running the RB bars at the recommended baseline settings (middle front, soft rear was way too tail-happy in slalom. Setting the bars to full-stiff front/ full soft rear has produced the best result so far. I'm on Racing Beat springs and Koni sports with FCM bumpstops. Alignment is approx -2.5 deg front/ -2.0-ish rear. Tires wear evenly. Trying to make the best of too-soft springs in autocross environment. Next move may be Flyin' Miata springs. Getting off the bumpstops may make the biggest difference.
John Evans
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sniffle...
Originally Posted by paulsk
damnit jon...
oh, so mazda is sending out a tech monday to inspect my car. should be an interesting day.
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