How have you tuned your Ford RS200 '84

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I have a good RS200 capable of 7.16 at the Nurburgring :), and topped 365 KM/H :):) (220 MP/H or so) but it is somewhat hard to drive, and scary:scared:, anyone have ideas to make it better over the bumps

My setup is
Spring rate: 10.0, 7.8
Ride height: 130, 133
Dampers bound: 8, 8
Dampers rebound: 8, 8
Toe: 0, 0
Camber: 2.0, 1.5
Stabilizers: 6, 6

Power: 426 HP
Weight: No clue, but since it's an RS200, I think it's light
No rear wing cos then it looks ugly
 
try adding some ballast to give it more inertia, reduce your spring rate a bit and raise the car a tad.
 
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Oh, ok, thanks (PS: I've just made yet another pointless forum haven't I)
 
Use stickier tyres if you don't want it to slide around all the time.
 
Nah, I dont think so but, It's not my place to say so as I am not a mod. (please tell me you knew I meant to raise the car not the spring rate after you just lowered the rates)
 
ok, but yeah(I did raise the height rather than harden springs)
 
Or you can try this:

Spring rate: 9.9/9.3
Ride height: 106/109
Dampers bound: 3/3
Dampers rebound: 6/6
Toe: 0/-1
Camber: 2.6/1.6
Stabilizers: 3/3
Ballast weight: 60lbs/+50
LSD: 15/30/15 15/60/30
VCD: 15
Downforce: max
 
Thanks, I need to find time to try it
 
1984 Ford RS200 (Road Car)
Class: AWD

Parts to buy:
Racing Exhaust
Stage 3 Turbo
Brake Balance Controller
Racing Suspension
FC Transmission
Variable Center Differential
GTAuto Wing
Stage 3 Weight Reduction
S3 tires
Oil Change
Wash

Settings

(Front/Rear)

Suspension:
Spring Rate - 7.0/6.1
Ride Height - 135/140
Bound - 3/4
Rebound - 5/5
Camber - 1.8/1.4
Toe - (-1)/0
Stabilizers - 1/2

Brake Balance - 5/3

Downforce - 23/26

VCD - 15% front

It was tuned on the Nurburgring, so it's a bit soft for glass smooth tracks. Sails right over bumps though.

I usually run around a 7:23 consistently, but I'm by no means the best driver. Also, I don't know what kind of tires you are running by your posts, but I only run on Sports Medium tires for hot lapping, so take that into consideration when comparing lap times.
 
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^ Wow, my time was on racing mediums because I think a tuned car with sports tires makes it a tuner (when I tune a car, it's a race car, not a tuner), but that's good, I made about 5 stuff ups on my lap (mainly in the faster pieces) and the track I test on is Nurburgring as well, which means that is very handy, thanks
 
I just tested the setups, both are great and are better than mine (mine suits smooth tracks) but the better setup would have to be hot_shoe's setup, thanks
 
^ when I have off I'll try and make a tune for you.
 
Update on my setup:

In an effort to make the slightly more suitable for smoother tracks, I changed the rear compression damping to 5, lowered the ride height to 125/130, and changed the brake bias to 5/4 with excellent results. With only these changes I was able to break the one minute mark at Tsukuba (59.586) and then, with no other changes, set a 7:21.396 lap at the Nurburgring.

Once again, this is on Sports Medium tires, and using the same setup on both Tsukuba and the 'Ring. That's why I love this car - it is so adaptable to any and all conditions.
 
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