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Suspension and Setup Advice, Upgrades are done...now tuning. |
914_teener |
May 21 2016, 11:01 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,205 Joined: 31-August 08 From: So. Cal Member No.: 9,489 Region Association: Southern California |
Ok....so missed some of the driving rallies but finally have the car back together and on the ground again. Read through some old posts about alignment set ups ect. I have realized through the whole process that ( and remembering my dynamics in college) how the whole thing (suspension) is a dynamic system. Finally got around to driving the car after a long trip back East and a helluva work week this last week.
Here is what I have: Tires- 205 -60's Barely fit with rolled fenders and 15 in fuch's Front end: Turbo tie rods- stock sway bar with adjustable drop links- Bilstein inserts. Rear- Relatively new poly bushings- Bilstiens sports with adjustable perches and 140 lb springs. I decided that I wanted to save the $500 in alignment costs and do it myself. Not that hard. Here is what I got. Front: .125 toe in with -.25 degree camber and 6 degrees castor....so pretty close to spec. Rear: .0625 toe in with -.75 degree camber on driver and -1.15 degree camber on the passenger side. Note: There was no weight in the driver seat. Drove the car and the difference with the sway bar and the springs was unbelievable........meaning good. The only thing it seems to me is that there is a touch of over-steer on the flat road at about 40 to 50 Mph. Any thoughts on this are welcome. I have a tendency to over analyze. Couple of things I've noticed. While I have adjustable drop links...I dont have adjustable sway bar arms. The car is raked about 3/4 from front to back and the drop links are about maxed out from preloading the bar. Thoughts? |
EdwardBlume |
May 22 2016, 08:04 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
Is it a competition set up or street?
What did you do with the torsion bar? Rear bar? I personally loved having bigger torsion bars, over the sway bar on the front, and I also am a fan of the stock rear sway bar with 140 rear springs. Alignment specs seem OK, but be careful with the toe in. Too much is too squirrelly. I also ran 1/4 inch spacers on those tires.... Here's what mine used to look like... Attached thumbnail(s) |
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