Too much body roll?

vasillalov · 03-14-2012, 03:36 PM

I know it would probably be tough to say from just looking at photos, but I am wondering what would the experts here think?

This was taken from one of last year's autox events I attended. This is a 300 degree corner (almost a full U-turn). The car is right at the apex of the corner. Stock Sport suspension with 26K miles.

tscdennab · 03-14-2012, 03:50 PM

I'm not an expert but since I was stopping by this section...

That is not too much body roll. If the car is at the maximum leaning position, I would say it's quite ok because you do need a bit of leaning for maximum grip. But I think your speed was quite low.

axis · 03-14-2012, 03:51 PM

Looks ok to me.. nothing like this

vasillalov · 03-14-2012, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tscdennab

But I think your speed was quite low.

Quite possibly so. I am a novice at AutoX events and this was still on all season tires. I HAD to go slow or else the front end wanted to go outside of the parking lot LOL

kevin@bavarianx · 03-14-2012, 04:34 PM

That is a decent amount of body roll as I see from the bottom of the bumper the passenger side is higher than the driver side. I would recommend installing sway/anti-roll bars to counter the body roll. It will help keep your car much more flatter when cornering.

cdgatti · 03-14-2012, 06:48 PM

"much more flatter"??????

kevin@bavarianx · 03-14-2012, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cdgatti

"much more flatter"??????

Sorry left out keep. But yes sway bars will reduce body roll hence "flatter" vs diving to one side during cornering.

cvc 22349a · 03-14-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by vasillalov

Quite possibly so. I am a novice at AutoX events and this was still on all season tires. I HAD to go slow or else the front end wanted to go outside of the parking lot LOL

More neg camber up front and the M3 front sway bar will help if you don't want to get into it too much.

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