[s-cars] RE: [s-list] Nose-down brake diving

[CaptMagu at aol.com]

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Richard

With the forward weight CG that the urS-car has to carry there is a severe
penalty to be paid with too much reliance on Big Front Brake upgrades. That
is why several of us in Colorado are persuing a rear Big Red upgrade as well.
In order to properly tune this setup I will be installing a brake bias
control to prevent trail brake oversteer. My upgrade will consist of the Big
Reds and 314mmx30mm 2 piece rotors.

I also have the new 2Bennett camber/caster plates which will allow me to
install front coil-over to match up with my rear coil-overs. The front
coil-overs along with custom valved Bilsteins will also help to battle the
hard brake dive.

My good friend Brian Billottti is running a 350 or 355 mm Front Brake upgrade
with Brembo 6 piston calipers. His dive with these brakes has actually
affected his tire wear at the track. As you load that front suspension you do
increase your negative camber and he's noticed the inside tire wear increase
since he installed those huge front brakes. Brian will of course be stealing
from the CO crowd once again as this mod gets done.

Hap, moddin away in Everboost, Maguire