Few good finds for suspensions fettling
17 April 2012, 11:09 AM
#1
Few good finds for suspensions fettling
Here are few good articles about the suspension fettling,hope someone this help
http://www.modified.com/tech/0506_sc...t_1/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0507_sc...t_2/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0508_sc...t_3/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0512_sc...t_4/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0605_sc...t_5/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0607_sc...t_6/index.html
Jura
http://www.modified.com/tech/0506_sc...t_1/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0507_sc...t_2/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0508_sc...t_3/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0512_sc...t_4/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0605_sc...t_5/index.html
http://www.modified.com/tech/0607_sc...t_6/index.html
Jura
17 April 2012, 12:20 PM
#3
I like the overlowering stuff... 
"Overlowering: Don't do it
Nearly every company that makes suspension components, even very reputable ones, spews out thousands of sets of lowering springs that are both too low and too soft for optimal handling (eg Tein S-techs). Why do they do this? Are the engineers at these companies incompetent? Is it a conspiracy to make our cars suck? No, the enthusiast is to blame.
The majority of enthusiasts want a low ride height to fill the ugly gap in their stock wheel wells.
Macho or not, most enthusiasts don't drive hard enough or well enough to realize that their cars actually handle worse than stock, mistaking reduced roll for better handling.
If you have a MacPherson strut suspension, be especially aware of short travel and suspension geometry problems. MacPherson strut cars [ie Scooby's] usually have a very small lowering window. It is typically best to run these cars at close to the stock ride height unless you significantly modify many other components.
Let's say you lower the car the typical 1.5 inches. That leaves a half inch of travel before you hit the bump stops. Your typical aftermarket lowering spring might only up the spring rate a paltry 20 percent or so, which isn't nearly enough to keep the car off the bump stops with only a half inch of travel.
Lowering - it creates more problems than it solves"
"Overlowering: Don't do it
Nearly every company that makes suspension components, even very reputable ones, spews out thousands of sets of lowering springs that are both too low and too soft for optimal handling (eg Tein S-techs). Why do they do this? Are the engineers at these companies incompetent? Is it a conspiracy to make our cars suck? No, the enthusiast is to blame.
The majority of enthusiasts want a low ride height to fill the ugly gap in their stock wheel wells.
Macho or not, most enthusiasts don't drive hard enough or well enough to realize that their cars actually handle worse than stock, mistaking reduced roll for better handling.
If you have a MacPherson strut suspension, be especially aware of short travel and suspension geometry problems. MacPherson strut cars [ie Scooby's] usually have a very small lowering window. It is typically best to run these cars at close to the stock ride height unless you significantly modify many other components.
Let's say you lower the car the typical 1.5 inches. That leaves a half inch of travel before you hit the bump stops. Your typical aftermarket lowering spring might only up the spring rate a paltry 20 percent or so, which isn't nearly enough to keep the car off the bump stops with only a half inch of travel.
Lowering - it creates more problems than it solves"
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