I drove a few "real" STR cars recently, and my car is
super slow to transition by comparison. The other cars react
right now, mine has a significant lag time. It adds up.
I'm on the low end on the ride frequency spectrum (spring rate vs weight) compared to the fast guys, but not that far out of the ballpark. A hair stiffer would be nice - I'd love to try 24/34. That would put me from:
333/438lb wheel rates
to
394/493lb/in
The 36s are a huge jump up from the 34 - equivalent of a 619lb/in coil spring. That just seems like too much, even if you pull the rear sway, but I haven't crunched the swaybar numbers so I have no idea.
I'm going to try some better shock valving to see if that helps. My current valving basically blows and is now the 2nd biggest thing holding me back after the loose nut behind the wheel.
Honestly, my car is pretty good and pretty fast right now. Stiffer than I am now might be awesome on smooth sites, but may actually be slower on bumpy ones. There's no low hanging fruit to find seconds or even half seconds, I'm looking for tenths at this point at best.
Keep in mind I am limited to specific class rules - depending on what you're doing, you may not be.