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I've finally had the first of a batch of handling mods (phase 1) installed on my R and will be testing them out this track season. I'll report back on results as and when I have some. First things to note. Feels A LOT stiffer with those bushes. The ARB's should stop the little understeer i was getting. The car isn't lowered, so i haven't messed with that yet. fitted parts include.... H&R Front (27mm) and Rear (24mm) Anti Roll bars 034 Motorsport Adjustable droplinks all round Powerflex Handling pack poly bush kit, (both front wishbone bushes, rear trailing arm bushes, lower engine mount insert) 034 Motorsport subframe deadset collar locking kit (prevent subframe shift) All new stretch bolts for the above where required. Alignment done just today The mechanic did a decent job of fixing the geometry back inline with factory settings with the exception of the front nearside wheel. As we all know the standard suspension on these R's means you cannot adjust camber or caster at the front, so the only thing I can do is look at replacement top mounts or perhaps coilovers that come with their own adjustable top mounts. As its a fast road/track car, the aim here is to bring the front offside wheel up to the same negative camber as the nearside or possible a bit more. The rear camber seems fine at -1 deg 44 (which is like -1.75deg due to unit in degrees/minutes). With the previous values, would explain why the rear felt a bit sketchy as the car was tending to crab, especially due to the thrust angle being off centre. Coilovers will be handling phase 2 BBK handling phase 3 then maybe revisit phase 2 engine power. All in good time though.
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I’ve acquired front (26mm) and rear (24mm) Whiteline anti roll bars for my Mk7 Golf R which I intend to use on spirited drives and many track days to come. My intentions are to dial out the understeer and make it more neutral so I can rotate when trail braking on turn in. I will have B16 PSS10s and also 034 MS top mounts (2.4 degrees negative camber). What I don’t want is a loose back end that induces snap oversteer. what settings should I set these to? They have 2 per bar front and rear. I’ve been told to setup wisely as I could destroy the balance that could end badly!
