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[Ed Doe]

Righty ho.

Im running a T1R 50 profile better than the other shite i ise to have.

Spring rate i cant remember. Looking to replace on the future with a higher LB

Iv currently got metal D/L but just cheapo ones. From what you have said above about slack i may cut them in half sleeve and weld them up as i have some uber strong holow tube lying around that looks to be the correct size.


Basically im looking to stiffen the front end to avoid the back end being so skitish once the 23.5 TBs and 28 ARB is fitted. But remeber Ed i dont drive it in the wet. I dont drive it places day to day etc its pretty much goimg to be a track/ show / i fancy a good ragging sesh car so i really want it to handle every thing eles aside. I.e comfort praticality.

T1Rs aren't great either, the sidewalls are soft as feck on those too.

If you don't drive it in the wet, get some Yoko AO48s or R888s, or Direzzasports. They'll improve grip and give you heaps more feel and way less roll.

Either way, imo (and sorry to just jump on Ruan's bandwagon, but its so friggin true, and I honestly couldn't believe it going back to the clones) you need to start with tyres. The slop etc will be so much more pronounced when you firm everything else up further...

Someone was doing a group buy on adjustable droplinks the other day, they worked out at like £60 a pair; personally for that money I wouldn't even look at bodging your own pair up...

Next most important thing to check is the spring rates. I'm running a vts rear beam with the 21mm bars and bigger arb, and Ripp suggested the best set-up for me would be 245-275lb main springs. I went for the upper end, but he warned me that much above that and I would start to get understeer mid-corner as the set-up would be too stiff at the front. I believe the hybrid ARB requires 300lb main springs, but make sure you check!!



Also, just a wee word of warning; out and out grip imo isn't what's fun about the 306. It's about how it feels when the near the limit, or when the grip is exceeded. Make sure you don't blind yourself into getting a stiffer and stiffer set-up, where you end up with massive grip, but with the result that it'll almost definitely kill you if you overstep the mark even a tiny bit...