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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JDMac34" data-source="post: 1506098" data-attributes="member: 29257">Saturday was a good time! There were two other cars in CAM-T; a built 1988 IROC Camaro and a 1996 Camaro SS with basic mods. I've raced with the IROC before and he had me by a second on a longer course. The surface we were running on wasn't the best. There was a lot of loose gravel in spots, a couple of big bumps, and a few transitions between asphalt and concrete. The course was fun.Because of my new sway bar, I started the day with all of my shocks set evenly. Because my Koni shocks don't have notches or clicks, I just refer to half of a turn from full soft as a click. The fronts have 5 available clicks and the rears have 4.5. This course seemed fast and without many tight elements, but I wanted to have room to adjust both ways so I started with both sets of shocks at 3. My last event really took a toll on the outside edge of my front tires. I swapped the fronts with the backs and decided to run a little extra air than I normally do with 37psi front and 34psi rear. The car felt very unpredictable during the first run. It would have grip then suddenly lose it without warning. I pushed through the big sweeper at the end and had to go on the wrong side of that last cone for a DNF. I blamed most of the mistakes on the gravel, softened the front shocks a click (now 2/3), and went back out there. The next run was much better but still had the tendency to snap loose without warning. I softened all corners another click (now 1/2). This seemed to be the winning setting because it was much easier to ride the line of traction. My 4th run ended up being my fastest with a 45.300. I pushed a little through the last corner, but I'm pretty sure that's because I cranked the wheel under braking. My 2 runs after that were okay, but I was trying too many things that didn't result in a better time.[MEDIA=youtube]uukT27_X7Lo[/MEDIA]They haven't posted the detailed results yet, but I won CAM-T! I believe that the other cars were close to each other in the low 46s. As for the bigger front sway bar, I'm not sure yet. With how much gravel was on that pavement, I don't think that it was a fair assessment. I know that the car felt more planted and responsive in the parking lot and on the street. I wish that I would have tried taking one more click out of the front shocks for testing. I'll do another parking lot test later and decide if I think that it's worth switching back to the 29mm sway bar or not.</blockquote>