I have an 04 rx8 and I already have her on spring and she handles like a dream. I do not really see the point of drifting because the car that can get around a corner faster will always win. Anything else I can do to get better results in the corners? All advice is welcome.

 

What kind of racing do you have to do with it? What's your budget?

 

There are tons to do but as bse says, is it track days, racing with regulation etc?

 

Since your question is about handling in general and not about racing, I'm moving your post to a more appropriate forum.

 

I drive a lot of mountain passes, and then I go to track days at Laguna and Sears point

 

The problem is, "handling" is a very subjective term. It means different things to different people. To some people, "handling" is a measure of pure grip. Others, it is how controllable the weight transfer is. Others it's the confidence that the car gives you.

What handles good to you might be complete garbage to someone else, and vise versa.

For example, I'm part of a weekly GT5 race league. Most of our discussions are about car setups and lap times. We have have several people with the same car, and each one of us have completely different suspension settings, but still produce the same lap times. We try out someone else's settings, and find the car uncontrollable, or plowing like a dumptruck.


So, without asking a specific question, we can't really answer your question.

If you are looking to increase oversteer, or increase understeer, or reduce weight transfer, or increase spring rates, dampening for whatever spring rates you have, chassis weight reduction, etc... we can give you all of that. But we can't just say "do this and it will be better".

Anyone that claims to be able to do that is ignoring how differently the same car can feel between two people, and ignoring that "better" is all about the goal you have, and the context you are in.

 

this is the advice you are looking for:

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-how-use-search-function-rx8club-com-forum-73846/

and this too:

 

Thanks RIWWP, I want more pure grip. I thought about weight reduction, but then I would have to lower the car and stiffen the suspension.

 

Wider, stickier tires then.

Any suspension changes for improving pure grip will be highly dependant on the road surface you are driving on at any given moment.



Your assumption about chassis changes with weight reduction is in error.

 

http://www.buccaneerregion.com/soloresources.html

searching is your friend. taking it to the track and learning it properly is also your friend. If you must, check out the "basic guide to dialing in your car" in the link I posted..