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Trailbraker · 14-04-2008

In general, stiffening the front adds understeer.

In this case though I think helping keep the geometry working to its best effect seems to outweigh that, or at least thats my personal experience.

There are more paramaters going on here than just front/rear relative stiffness.

Originally Posted by Pud237

Also, if you stiffen the front but not the rear does that increase or decrease its tendency to understeer?

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Trailbraker AO Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,754 Member car: 156 GTA	Re: Where to buy a strut brace (upper front) for a 147 GTA? In general, stiffening the front adds understeer. In this case though I think helping keep the geometry working to its best effect seems to outweigh that, or at least thats my personal experience. There are more paramaters going on here than just front/rear relative stiffness. Originally Posted by Pud237 Also, if you stiffen the front but not the rear does that increase or decrease its tendency to understeer?