Ridetech Triple Shock Tuning

[tgrace85]

Hey guys,



A year or so ago, I decided to build a 1970 Camaro for autocross and road racing. Having little to no experience in the sport, my goals were to build a capable car that I would enjoy driving, and have the performance and tuning abilities I could appropriately use as I gained more experience and became a better driver. The car is fully spec'd with the ridetech level 3 coil over suspension package, wearing 275/35R18 and 335/30R18 BFG Rivals, also adding a Hotchkis rear swaybar. The car puts down 400hp/tq at the wheels from an LS2 and runs a Wavetrac diff.

I participated in my first autocross last weekend at the Nashville Goodguys event and my first road course track day yesterday. I got a lot of good advice in Nashville (with special thanks to Rod Prouty) had a lot of fun, and put down a time I was proud of.

The help I'm looking for today deals with road course driving. Although overall the car and I did well, I feel like I left a lot on the table. The two main issues were: 1) lots of under steer in hard cornering, and 2) the rear tire on the inside of a long fast turn would lose traction and spin like crazy.

So, what can I do to try to counteract these problems? I would expect I could "tune out" a lot of this with proper shock adjustment, but I admit I don't really have the know-how to use these nice shocks to my advantage. Any help would be very much appreciated!

Oh, and I'm aware that it's possible I'm just not driving the car correctly. Feel free to offer any advice on that subject, too. I promise you won't hurt my feelings.