I was in FSP, when I ran - I'm not too worried about my classing since I
autocross rarely and largely for my own sake, not very worried about beating
anyone but myself =) It's just how it drives that really concerns me.
So my best options, economically speaking, would probably be adding (or
beefing up, I don't really know if I have one... should look) a -rear- bar,
and getting thicker springs? How much of an endeavor is adding a LSD? Do
you put a different differential into where the current one is, or is there
a lot more involved? Anything I do, I'm only looking at parts cost since
I can do it all at the garage I used to work at, but being 18 almost 19 I'm
still something short of rolling in dough ;)
Thanks =)
.Greg.
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Alan Pozner wrote;
>If the front inside wheel is coming off the ground then the last thing you
>want is a bigger front swaybar. Here's why: a sway bar adds to the spring
>rate of the outside tire in a turn basically by using the opposite inside
>wheel's spring in reverse. In other words, it couples the inside wheel to
>the outside wheel. When the outside wheel goes up into the fender, the
>inside wheel wheel be lifted off the ground.
>
>However, I really doubt you are lifting the inside FRONT tire in a Jetta on
>stock springs. Most VWs on stock springs lift the inside rear tire but no
>the inside front. What you are probably experiencing is front inside
>wheelspin when you apply power coming out of a turn. There is not much you
>can do in stock class to avoid this. You can't add a limited slip diff, and
>you can't do what you really need to do which is stiffen the rear to makke
>the car more neutral. If you are not in stock class then there's plenty you
>can do but even so don't increase the size of the front rollbar without
>increasing the size of the rear by an even greater amount.
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