[sykikchimp]

No.. Hard springs cause erradic bump-steer. thats why it's call "BUMP" steer.. and not "Roll" steer...

Hard springs are a Crutch for having something else not tuned properly on your car, and can actually cause you to have much less traction b/c the wheel and chassis reacts so violently to sharp changes in pavement conditions. ESPECIALLY if you don't have much chassis bracing to force the spring and damper to absord the shock..

Having lighter springs (8front 6 rear IS light) and a stiffer sway bar will allow for the tires to be connected to the road better, and will increase speeds because your Transitions will happen faster because your car isn't rolling as much. When your car is mid corner, and body roll is locked by the sway bar, and you hit a bump, you still have travel in the suspension to absorb the bump without upsetting the cars balance.

If you have Hard spring, and light bars, then the sway is being controlled by the spring. If you hit a bump with all that roll pressure sitting on the spring mid corner with the car balanced, suddenly you upset the cars traction points. If your springs can't absorb the bump because they are busy controlling roll, the CHASSIS has to take the bump. This will make the car more unpredictable, and ultimately lead to slower lap times.

Balance, and Predictability are PARAMOUNT. If you can't run consistant lap times, or consistantly improve b/c something in your setup changes every lap, you don't get any better, and SURE aren't gonna win.



BTW - If you get the 240 to do some "Dog Pi$sing" 3 legged action, just means that you had all the traction being placed on the front opposite corner. The car isn't setup properly. My bet is your springs are too soft, and allowing for too much weight transfer to the front under braking. That combined with chassis flex while turning hard. (you probably like to trail brake?) will cause the rear tire to hang from your sway bar. Overall reducing your total possible traction