This question is for those of you who track your cars frequently. I am looking for a good spring setup, that will work well for autox and the track at HPDE events. I have tein basics that I need to make last one more season before I invest into some new stuff. They actually work pretty well for an inexpensive coilover, but with R-compounds they are not stiff enough. So to get through this year I am thinking about changing the current setup:

6k-front
8k-rear

To something more stiff:
10k-front
14k-rear

my only concern is that 14k in the rear may be to stiff at HPDE events and make the car prone to to much oversteer at high speeds.

The car is fairly neutral right now, but just feels like with a stiffer setup it could grip alot better with the R-compound tires.

 

you will be more prone to oversteer with that setup unless you have something to stiffen up your front like a bigger sway bar. I have Buddy Club N+ which come with those spring rates, in addition to a 25mm comptech rear sway. the two combine give you alot of oversteer if you don't tune down the dampening of the rear coilovers. i just suggest you learn to drive with those spring rates if you plan on getting them. with practice you'll be able to get use to the oversteering and use it to your advantage. some rotation isn't always a bad thing.

 

An RSX have too much oversteer? lol, not with those springrates.

Check out the FAQ as there are a few good HPDE suspension threads in there.

10/14 is mild, bigtime. But, your Tein Basics won't be able to handle those springrates and handling will become very unpredictable (if that's what you had in mind).

 

hmmm, I was thinking that with that setup I should not really have any issues. The only problem I was thinking was the rebound setup for the softer springs, but I figured it would work for this year. The only problem is that if they are to stiff, I can't adjust them.

 

oh yeah i forgot to mention if you up to stiffer springs get your coilovers revalved.

 

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The shock valving on the Teins won't be able to handle those increased springrates, period. Too much spring and not enough shock is a prescription for disaster.

You need to see if you can get them revalved to handle rates that high, or consider getting new (and better) coilovers.

 

i'd rather get new ones because its 100 per coilover to revalve.