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> Ride height - uneven, from shock replacement?
Aaron Cox
post Aug 4 2003, 01:17 PM
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how do you know if they are progressive? explain.

are they wound loose on the bottom and tight on the top?
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:19 PM
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QUOTE(redshift @ Aug 4 2003, 11:15 AM)
HAH!

How would you know JP?

In pictures I have seen of your car, the passenger front wheel is in the air.

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It must be an optical confusion.....kinda like them old time pics of cars with oval wheels or sumthin.
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE(acox914 @ Aug 4 2003, 11:17 AM)
how do you know if they are progressive? explain.

are they wound loose on the bottom and tight on the top?

Ayup...or vice versa....ya get a decent ride, tho, but a guy going for 180 lb springs ain't looking for a smooth ride, IMO.
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:25 PM
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Yup, what JP said. BTW anyone need a set of 180 pounders in great shape? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:33 PM
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Diagonally......raising the rt front drops the left rear,yada.......


Okay.. first I'll try raising the left-front a little bit. Maybe that will balance it out.

Small changes in front make larger changes in the back?
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:42 PM
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QUOTE(Lawrence @ Aug 4 2003, 11:33 AM)

Small changes in front make larger changes in the back?

i'm definitely not the expert here, but,

yes. at least it did w/ mine.
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:48 PM
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QUOTE(Lawrence @ Aug 4 2003, 11:33 AM)

Small changes in front make larger changes in the back?

I dunno.....it would depend how stout your rear springs are, me thinks. I've never been that far out of whack...

Put the car on a level surface, start measuring. I measure to the doughnuts...prolly not the best idea, but it's all I got. In the front, double check to the front
T-bar mounts. Cheep, quick, and dirty corner ballance.
My car has a 1/4 inch twist....using the doughnuts.....last I checked. The measurements don't need to be the same at all four points, just side to side.
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post Aug 4 2003, 01:51 PM
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I have very good results dropping the front somewhere around 1.5 inches below the rear too, anyone else have a reason not to do that?

I level the car, then lower the front to add throttle-off oversteer until I am happy. Works better with rear bars, than withnot rear bars.. or whatever.

What springs are you guys using? 180#s would be a great joke to play on an unsuspecting friend.

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post Aug 4 2003, 03:17 PM
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> 180#s would be a great joke to play on an unsuspecting friend.

Not so funny when the unexpected wicked-oversteer put him in the ditch and kills him.

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post Aug 4 2003, 03:28 PM
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Yeah, I hope I am not implicated, it wasn't my idea, I was just trying to give him kidney bruises.


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post Aug 4 2003, 09:13 PM
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well this brings up an interssting suspension question for me:

i want my car to have like ZERO body roll. i have koni reds up front - stock tbars. Rear i have bilsteins and 140 lb'rs.
i have a stock front swaybar to install.

how do i go about having a gokart for the street? i want this think to handle like its on rails!
im buying 5 lug conversion stuff to do this winter- so i can change t-bars easily. (911 front)
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post Aug 4 2003, 10:27 PM
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Lawrence,
Been there, the front most definitely affects the rear. If you are confident in
having the rear springs correctly in the perches, then put the rears on the
same slot and forget about them. Adjust the front to get close to level.
When/if you do corner weighting, you will not be necessarily level when
car is correct. Also, do you have sway bars? They could have preload.
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post Aug 4 2003, 10:29 PM
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Handle on rails=un-fucking-comfortable on the street. But, since you axed.. 23mm torsion bars, 22mm or bigger front sway bar. 250# rear springs and 15 by 8 inch wheels with Goodyear racing slicks or Hoosiers
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