Setup Guide and Quick Fix Guide

I have posted a Setup Guide Quick Fix sheets that I use when I'm working on setting up my car. Hopefully this will help some people out that are having trouble figuring out what to do to a setup to make it more comfortable to drive. Click  here for a printer friendly version.

Setup Quick Fix Guide This section will list various handling problems & what might be causing those handling problems. Please use this section only as a general guide. You may not see the same exact results as mentioned below. Other component settings may mask changes made in different areas. Adjustments in other areas may be needed first before you see some of the changes indicated below in certain areas. Al 1 troubleshooting answers assume the rest of the chassis is already set correctly or close to being correct. CAR FEELS UNSTABLE Excessive front toe. Too soft a shock. Too much stagger. Excessive front or rear bias. Excessive caster stagger. Front sway bar too. stiff. Excessive front or rear brake bias. Fuel load had changed. Too much grill tape. Too low a ride height Spoiler too low. Wrong spring. Steering ratio too low. Steering linearity too high. Tire psi. too low. CAR FEELS UNRESPONSIVE Tire psi too low. Springs too soft. Shocks too soft. Front sway bar to small Track bar too high. CAR FEELS OVER RESPONSIVE Tire psi too high. Springs too stiff. Shocks too soft. Front sway bar to large. Track bar too low. CAR IS LOOSE ENTERING CORNER Too much stagger. Not enough toe out. Too much negative RF camber. Too much positive LF camber. RR camber too high. Too much caster stagger. RF caster too high. Not enough front brake bias. Not enough front bias. Front sway bar too small. Too much grill tape. Too large a rear sway bar. LR ride height too high. LR shock rebound too stiff. LF shock compression too soft. RR shock rebound too stiff. Front shock compression too soft. Rear shock rebound too stiff. Spoiler angle too low. Front springs too weak. Front spring stagger to high. Rear springs too stiff. RF spring too soft. RR spring too stiff. Front spring stagger too high. Steering ratio too high. RF tire psi. too high. RR tire psi. too high. LF tire psi. too low. RF caster too high. Track bar too high. Right side track bar too low. Wedge too low. Too much trail braking. Driver error. (erratic throttle & steering inputs) CAR IS LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNER Wedge too low. , RF spring too soft. RR spring too stiff. Too much rear spring stagger. Front sway bar too soft. RR psi. too high. Stagger too high. Track bar too high. Front tire psi. too high. LR tire psi. too low. Excessive front toe (in or out) Improper camber settings. Not enough negative LF camber. Excessive positive camber in the RR. Too much positive caster. Too high a differential ratio causing wheel spin. LF shock compression too low. LR shock rebound too high. RR shock compression too high. Right side track bar too high. (too much split) Not enough front bias. Spoiler too low. Driver error. Compensating for a corner entry push. CAR IS LOOSE EXITING A CORNER Too much stagger. Wedge too low. LF caster too low. Too much positive LF camber. LR spring too soft. RR spring too stiff. Decrease rear spring stagger. RR tire psi. too high. LR tire psi. too low. Too high a differential ratio causing wheel spin. Not enough front bias. Too small a front sway bar. Excessive front toe (in or out). Too much grill tape. Too large a rear sway bar. LR ride height too high. Rear shock compression too stiff. Front shock rebound too soft. Spoiler too low. Rear spring stagger too high. Front springs too weak. Rear springs too stiff. Track bar too high. Track bar on right side is too high. Driver error. (erratic throttle & steering inputs) CAR PUSHES ENTERING CORNER Not enough stagger. Too much toe out. Not enough negative RF camber. Not-enough positive LF camber. Not enough caster stagger. Too much front brake bias. Too much front bias. Front sway bar too large. Not enough grill tape. Too small a rear sway bar. LR ride height too low. LR shock rebound too weak. Front shock compression too stiff. CAR IS TIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNER Wedge too high. RF spring too stiff. RR spring too soft. Not enough rear spring stagger. Front sway bar too stiff. RR psi. too low. Stagger too low. Track bar too low. Front tire psi. too low. LR tire psi. too high. Excessive front toe (in or out) Improper camber settings. Too much negative LF camber. Not enough positive camber in the RR. Not enough positive caster. Too low a differential ratio. LF shock compression too high. LR shock rebound too low. RR shock compression too low. Right side track bar too low. (not enough split) Too much front bias. Spoiler too high. Driver error. Compensating for corner entry looseness.   CAR PUSHES EXITING A CORNER Not enough stagger. Wedge too high. LR spring too stiff. RR spring too soft. RR tire psi. too low. LR tire psi. too high. Too low a differential ratio. Too much front bias. Too large a front sway bar. Excessive front toe (in or out). Not enough grill tape. Not enough positive LF camber. Too small a rear sway bar. LR ride height too low. Rear shock compression too soft. Front shock rebound too stiff. RR shock compression too low. Spoiler too high. Rear spring stagger too low. Front springs too stiff. Rear springs too soft. Track bar too low. Track bar on right side is too low (not enough split)