porsche girl
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Hiya.
I took delivery of my GS today. I like very much.
What is not so great is set-up and i think it's a geo thing. It's not great. The dealer had it laser aligned but i'm not sure that it's right. The centre feel is high but the knee point comes in very quickly with a lot of reaction torque for low angle changes. On a lane change it feels like there is some rear wheel steer. this can't be camber thrust as it was on a flat road so it's probably too much toe out. Which will be the first time in my life that I'll have to run less toe out !
On tighter corners, there is way too much front roll. The front grips like **** but the ESP is working hard all the time so the rear is finding no grip. Here is what it feels like to me:
i have a couple of questions;.
Do bushes need changing often on GS's?
Is there a preferred 'fast road / track' geo for the GS?
Is it worth fitting a thinker front ARB? the front roll is causing a lot of camber changes at the front and allowing the rear to move about too much.
The best GS I drove was an MCV a few years ago but they run identical suspension don't they?
i did drive my car for a reasonable run before I bought it but you don't want to really throw a car around on a test drive do you ?
Ax
I took delivery of my GS today. I like very much.
What is not so great is set-up and i think it's a geo thing. It's not great. The dealer had it laser aligned but i'm not sure that it's right. The centre feel is high but the knee point comes in very quickly with a lot of reaction torque for low angle changes. On a lane change it feels like there is some rear wheel steer. this can't be camber thrust as it was on a flat road so it's probably too much toe out. Which will be the first time in my life that I'll have to run less toe out !
On tighter corners, there is way too much front roll. The front grips like **** but the ESP is working hard all the time so the rear is finding no grip. Here is what it feels like to me:
- i always think that all old cars have shot bushes. mine is a late 2006 with 20k miles but that means nothing really.
- The geo looks terrible The rear wheels look like they could do with being a little more upright (less camber) and I'm sure there is too much front caster and toe. the front ride height looks a bit high and the rear is too low (front is higher than the back so zero rake).
i have a couple of questions;.
Do bushes need changing often on GS's?
Is there a preferred 'fast road / track' geo for the GS?
Is it worth fitting a thinker front ARB? the front roll is causing a lot of camber changes at the front and allowing the rear to move about too much.
The best GS I drove was an MCV a few years ago but they run identical suspension don't they?
i did drive my car for a reasonable run before I bought it but you don't want to really throw a car around on a test drive do you ?
Ax