V8V 4.3 fast road alignment settings needed
Discussion
Fitting new nitron roadsport shocks with oem springs this week maybe dropping ride height 5 to 10mm nothing crazy
will be going for alignment on saturday
Is there some goated fast road spec that someone could share the image of
Slightly more sporty than oem
Mostly road use 1 or 2 track days a year for fun
Thank you in advance
will be going for alignment on saturday
Is there some goated fast road spec that someone could share the image of
Slightly more sporty than oem
Mostly road use 1 or 2 track days a year for fun
Thank you in advance
embdenb said:
I would stay with the factory specs.
I agree - mine is set to factory specs and it is very capable of ‘fast road’ driving. If you go any more extreme, you may find it’s compromised on the road.I think you’ll find it takes a while to get used to the grip - it is immensely when you have the right tyres. I can’t believe anyone would want to get anywhere near the limit of a V8V on the road
I think you all missed the part where i said i will be tracking it on occassion
Ill just add a tad more camber and smidge more toe and call it a day
Its not for the grip the car is not that lively and the standard geo is a general safe and conservative
Ill just add a tad more camber and smidge more toe and call it a day
Its not for the grip the car is not that lively and the standard geo is a general safe and conservative
Edited by jafbash786 on Wednesday 11th February 21:38
I still don’t think it’s worth compromising the car’s on-road dynamics just so that you’re a second a lap faster on one or two track days a year
A few years ago, I got onto a very slippery slope modding a Fiat Coupe. It was stupidly fast for the 1% of times I could stretch its legs, but I went too far and spoiled it for the other 99% of times.
Still - if it’s just geometry, it’s really easy to reverse if you don’t like it. If I was tracking it regularly, I’d have two lots of settings - standard for road driving and then a bit of camber and toe for track.
A few years ago, I got onto a very slippery slope modding a Fiat Coupe. It was stupidly fast for the 1% of times I could stretch its legs, but I went too far and spoiled it for the other 99% of times.
Still - if it’s just geometry, it’s really easy to reverse if you don’t like it. If I was tracking it regularly, I’d have two lots of settings - standard for road driving and then a bit of camber and toe for track.
I'm almost certainly older (mid-60s), but whether I'm wiser is up for debate....
My Fiat was WAY faster than my Aston (it had 100bhp more and weighed 300KG less). However, it was a handful when 'making progress'. The Aston is far better resolved and is faster in the real world, apart from in a straight line (60-120 time in the Fiat was 7.5 seconds, compared with 12.7 for the Aston)
The Aston's balance is just so sweet - grip is even at both ends (unless provoked).
I've found over the four years I've had the Aston that it doesn't take much to spoil the balance - even running tyres 3psi too low can cause it to feel a bit 'off'
One thing it doesn't lack (on the road at least) is front-end turn-in. I've never had understeer, even in the wet. I can imagine some extra camber and a bit more toe-out would be great if you're handy holding on to a drift (I'm definitely not...), but handling oversteer could get tiresome if all you want is for the car to feel balanced.
That's what happened with my Fiat - I kept on modding it and a lot of the things I did had a positive effect in one area, but a negative effect in another. Instead of rolling back, I kept throwing new mods at it and never quite managed to resolve it. New suspension, modded geometry, camber, caster, toe, beefed up ARBs, chassis bracing, welded subframes, Quaiffe diff, polybushes, lightweight wheels. It felt endless and I was quite relieved to get off the merry-go-round when I finally realised I could have bought something pretty exotic for the money I'd spent. 0-100 in 9.5 seconds never got old, but fighting the chassis was always a lost cause.
I'd genuinely suggest that you get some decent miles under your belt to learn how the car behaves in a wide range of conditions - it you then find its a bit inert and not to your liking, THEN mod it.
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My Fiat was WAY faster than my Aston (it had 100bhp more and weighed 300KG less). However, it was a handful when 'making progress'. The Aston is far better resolved and is faster in the real world, apart from in a straight line (60-120 time in the Fiat was 7.5 seconds, compared with 12.7 for the Aston)
The Aston's balance is just so sweet - grip is even at both ends (unless provoked).
I've found over the four years I've had the Aston that it doesn't take much to spoil the balance - even running tyres 3psi too low can cause it to feel a bit 'off'
One thing it doesn't lack (on the road at least) is front-end turn-in. I've never had understeer, even in the wet. I can imagine some extra camber and a bit more toe-out would be great if you're handy holding on to a drift (I'm definitely not...), but handling oversteer could get tiresome if all you want is for the car to feel balanced.
That's what happened with my Fiat - I kept on modding it and a lot of the things I did had a positive effect in one area, but a negative effect in another. Instead of rolling back, I kept throwing new mods at it and never quite managed to resolve it. New suspension, modded geometry, camber, caster, toe, beefed up ARBs, chassis bracing, welded subframes, Quaiffe diff, polybushes, lightweight wheels. It felt endless and I was quite relieved to get off the merry-go-round when I finally realised I could have bought something pretty exotic for the money I'd spent. 0-100 in 9.5 seconds never got old, but fighting the chassis was always a lost cause.
I'd genuinely suggest that you get some decent miles under your belt to learn how the car behaves in a wide range of conditions - it you then find its a bit inert and not to your liking, THEN mod it.
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Edited by Nigel_O on Thursday 12th February 12:42
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