Has any one else found that their car handles so much better with 2 people in their locost ??

I had not really noticed this before, but having spent most of the weekend "blapping" about two up,
It handles better round corners, and in a straight line behaves much better

when I am on me own the car can be quite vague

I am not sure which way to adjust my car , for 2 up or just me

Mine is better with 2 in it, it just feels far more predictable than the bouncy bouncy feeling you sometimes get on uneven roads with just the driver in it.

yep thats the word "bouncey bouncey"
glad some one else has experianced this anomoly

My totally unqualified guess is that an additional 75kg approx on one side must make a huge difference to a car that only weighs around 600kg.

David

Some of the newly laid roads are a joy to drive one up but the majority of them round my way anyway are best with 2 in the car.

I agree with the bouncy bouncy but I think it's because my car is set up fo two. If I wind the preload off the rear it cures a lot of it.

How about 50 - 75 kg of ballast in the passenger seat?

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Originally posted by David Jenkins
How about 50 - 75 kg of ballast in the passenger seat?

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Dave

yes please (I can tell you how I did it if you're interested.)
It made a big difference, and to me at least it's been pretty damn good since.

dont get me wrong, my car is great to drive and is the best" toy" since xmas
but some roads, can be quite demanding
what type of things did you do to shox to alleviate this problem
I do have fully adjustable avo's all round

regards

steve

Dave,

Great advice, I am thinking of making 3mm shims to raise and lower the rack, and elongated holes to maintain the longditudinal dimension.

Do you think that 3mm would be too coarse? would the elongated holes be a waste of time?

It feels like the Queen Mary, a super lightweight it ain't!!

I was going to make shims up to place over the angled mounts and bolt the rack on top. I could measure the deflection on the Hunter (next bay to where I'm building!) as I add more shims until I can see the bumpsteer decreasing. The machine should interpolate for me so I can go straight to the required number of shims after 2 measurements.

The castor measurement should be interesting!
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Dave

thank you for the indepth answers
on my next day off (after stoneleigh) I will have a go at changing the settings

BTW
If you go out 2 up or on your own do you change any settings ??

regards

steve

Yeah nice one Dave, nice straight forward explanation.

Just hope I can find this thread when I'm somewhere near setting my suspension up!!