does higher rear end mean less understeer?

[OnABudget]

ive heard people with coilovers can set their cars up so that the rear is higher then the fronts for less understeer. i have eibach prokits and was thinkling of keeping the stockers in the rear with the 1" drop in the front. has anyone tried this? what were the results?
ps: for my awd and also with adjustable shocks
please dont tell me to buy coilovers
thanks

 

[OnABudget]

i found the spring rates of eibach rears to be 160 lbs/inch and stock to be 140lbs/inch. considering that isnt a significant difference (is it?), wouldnt having the rear end higher help me out to get rid of (some/most) understeer?

 

[ACM]

Correct - raising the rear will increase the roll axis inclination which will make the car looser.

You can put stock front springs in the rear, but the front needs to come up a good inch to allow the 330lb ProKit fronts to function without constantly bottoming. Until the front gets either much stiffer or much higher you're flogging a dead horse.



Charles

 

[OnABudget]

you mean stock rear springs in the rear, right?
do you think that the eibachs arent stiff enough for that? the fronts are still a lot stiffer than the stock fronts-

 

[ACM]

No, I mean stock front springs in the rear. It's only a 250lb spring, it's just taller. The ProKit fronts are ~330lbs, the rears ~160lbs - that's not much at all. The fronts are less than 30%, and that's from a woefull soft spring to start with.

To run at the ProKit ride height the fronts need to be about 500lbs, which means the rears need to be at least 350lbs. That's why ProKit'ed cars bounce on their bumpstops all the time

you mean stock rear springs in the rear, right?
do you think that the eibachs arent stiff enough for that? the fronts are still a lot stiffer than the stock fronts-

 

[OnABudget]

thanks for the help, but you cant put front springs in the rear?

 

[ACM]

They've worked fine on my winter suspension setup for a while now.

thanks for the help, but you cant put front springs in the rear?