Coilovers - Corner weights
24 October 2006, 09:28 PM
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Coilovers - Corner weights
I've seen very few references - if any - to corner weight adjustment on Scoobynet, when installaning coilovers. Do you just adjust the ride height and leave it with that?
24 October 2006, 09:47 PM
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I have had this done several times on my 911 but never on my Sti, but:
The detail counts:
Set tyre pressures accuratly
Obviously place car on scales (levelled) or on a very flat surface.
Make sure the suspension is 'relaxed' and not stressed as it would be if you jack it up and lower it without rolling the car back anf fortha few times.
If you are driving the car seriously without a passenger (real track competition) then weigh yourself and place the equivelent weight in the drivers seat.
The roll bars need to be disconnected on one side front and back to remove their influence on the road springs.
You are now ready to get the weights even side-to-side buy screwing the spring platform 'rings' up or down to effect the change once the ride height has be generally set, and any rake set-up front to back.
It will take several 'laps' of the car to dial it all in accuratly.
Try to reconnect the roll bars. You may need at this point to fit at least one adjustable link to each bar to get the pivot bolts to align without bearing on the road springs.
On my 911, the difference it made was remarkable.
Can be a time consuming job......
Graham
The detail counts:
Set tyre pressures accuratly
Obviously place car on scales (levelled) or on a very flat surface.
Make sure the suspension is 'relaxed' and not stressed as it would be if you jack it up and lower it without rolling the car back anf fortha few times.
If you are driving the car seriously without a passenger (real track competition) then weigh yourself and place the equivelent weight in the drivers seat.
The roll bars need to be disconnected on one side front and back to remove their influence on the road springs.
You are now ready to get the weights even side-to-side buy screwing the spring platform 'rings' up or down to effect the change once the ride height has be generally set, and any rake set-up front to back.
It will take several 'laps' of the car to dial it all in accuratly.
Try to reconnect the roll bars. You may need at this point to fit at least one adjustable link to each bar to get the pivot bolts to align without bearing on the road springs.
On my 911, the difference it made was remarkable.
Can be a time consuming job......
Graham
Last edited by 911; 24 October 2006 at 09:49 PM.
25 October 2006, 05:50 PM
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Powerstation at the time could not do it! They now can.
Also, the Impreza is better build now compared to the 911 so inherently more accurate to start with.
Battery still in stock position.
Graham
Also, the Impreza is better build now compared to the 911 so inherently more accurate to start with.
Battery still in stock position.
Graham
27 October 2006, 08:31 PM
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Powerstation at the time could not do it! They now can.
Also, the Impreza is better build now compared to the 911 so inherently more accurate to start with.
Battery still in stock position.
Graham
Also, the Impreza is better build now compared to the 911 so inherently more accurate to start with.
Battery still in stock position.
Graham
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28 October 2006, 07:41 PM
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Probably always a job for ' spring time ' geddit ??
springtime - coil overs? springs?.
Ohhh, you lot you're hopeless.
David APi
PS we do it anytime of the year............
springtime - coil overs? springs?.
Ohhh, you lot you're hopeless.
David APi
PS we do it anytime of the year............
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28 October 2006, 07:55 PM
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Springtime for nearly everything. Gearbox and diff soon before Xmas, rest, Sports cat, remap and suspension check if PowerStation still talking to me!
Thinking of a light flywheel too.
It all just never ends...
Graham
Thinking of a light flywheel too.
It all just never ends...
Graham
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