Originally Posted by
billetbirdcage
I'm gonna play devils advocate here, lol.
I will argue that heavy spring gets the weight is still true even in this situation so the RF has less weight and therefore less traction then with a heavy spring in theory.
So why under many situations does the car turn better? Guess that depends on where you are talking turns better? On gas or Off gas.
Lets start with off Gas, as Matt said if the old system is true softening the RF should take weight off the RF and apply some of that to the RR and LF. So if the RF has less traction how can it turn better? My argument is it doesn't turn better because of more RF traction, but a function of other things going on like:
1. Not upsetting the car and causing excessive hike down
2. Added Roll steer
3. Much smoother entry and transitions for the driver therefore less driver errors
4. Very possible that the extra travel on the RF finally gets into the progressive curve of camber gain and finally gets to the optimal camber needed for fuller contact patch
Like I said playing devils advocate here and not picking on anyone or there ideas as I find matt49, mastersbuilt_racer, and other always give good advise.