floaty C4
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Safety Car
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floaty C4
my 96 at driving events will, at times, feel floaty. Floaty is the best way to descibe it. no push, no looseness, just a floaty feeling through some corners.
The suspension is all stock. so I'm thinking about lowering the rear.
any other ideas. It's a Z51 car with Kumho's. otherwise the car sticks like glue.
The suspension is all stock. so I'm thinking about lowering the rear.
any other ideas. It's a Z51 car with Kumho's. otherwise the car sticks like glue.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Oak Harbor WA
Re: floaty C4 (larryfs)
my 96 at driving events will, at times, feel floaty. Floaty is the best way to descibe it. no push, no looseness, just a floaty feeling through some corners.
The suspension is all stock. so I'm thinking about lowering the rear.
any other ideas. It's a Z51 car with Kumho's. otherwise the car sticks like glue.
The suspension is all stock. so I'm thinking about lowering the rear.
any other ideas. It's a Z51 car with Kumho's. otherwise the car sticks like glue.
I only say this because I lowered the rear first and the car got rather twitchy on me until I lowered the front to reneutralize the car.
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 1999
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From: Ohio
Re: floaty C4 (larryfs)
larry, realize that the 96's were the most softly sprung of all C4's. Even Z51's rode like Cadillacs. If you are running in a stock class, you will have to live with it. If you want to set up the car to handle the way YOU want it to, then you can get the optimal spring/shock/sway bar setup. Depending on your class limitations, you may be able to work around it a little bit with shock valving. I don't like to use shocks as springs however. But if you have no options, you could increase the bump valving a bit.
