Hey fullnoise..

[fullnoise]

When I had stiff front suspension I had horrid understeer and I noticed the tyre pressures weren't increasing like the back ones were. I did 4 laps on a really cold day and the pressures in the front tyres increased by barely 1 psi when the rears were 4 to 5 psi higher.

Theory says that if you wan't less understeer and more oversteer you should either:
Stiffen the rear or soften the front. Or go for a stiffer rear bar and a softer front one.

Each time I softened the front by getting the adjusters in parallel and cutting the bump stops I got better turn-in to corners and the tyres heated up more.

Now with drop spindles and a stock spring rate I can make the rear tyres squeel on turn-in and the pressures are now increasing as much as the rears. The tyres are also heating up better too.

That's why I say what I say.

My gearbox is stock 4.375 r&p box with a few minor mods but stock ratios. Jak used to use the same box which made things fun. First and second are way too short so I usually use 3rd around all the bends and 4th on the straights. The engine usually revs between 3500 and 7000 on all of the corners.

CYA CT

[kleinporsche]

Thanks CT,

You and Jak are are living VW Gods to me. No joke, so take it when it comes!!! The first exemples of GL I saw was yours! I like your gentelman driver/weekend racer philosophy: you are the reason why I bougth back the first car I ever driven.

Enough of that! Back to the trans issue. Is it an aftermarket trans case, do you have a slip differential: what to you do in order to make it more resistant?

Ciao

[jakriz]

Hi,
Our gearboxes are stock, in that I mean totally stock. The L-bug (1303) single side plate box that I have in my car at the moment is a second hand gearbox that I got for $100. We do our racing on a budget :agree:

regards
Jak
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/foru...y&cmd=sc&cat=6

[kleinporsche]

Thanks for the lead Jak!

[fullnoise]

Racing is expensive.

Jak and I have decided that we have to draw a line somewhere to avoid cheque book racing. That's why there's not LSDs, custom gear ratios, brembo brakes etc.

It's all about how much bang we can get for our bucks.

CYA CT