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ChrisBoom

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26th Jun 08 at 20:12

Fitted my coilovers a few nights ago, but unhappy with how its handling.

Bearing in mind its still needs the tracking done, and its still on 14"s, the handling is crap, jumps all over the road and likes to go straight on corners

Too hard/low?

tom_simes

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26th Jun 08 at 20:28

Get the tracking done and camber checked, then try it.

chrex

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26th Jun 08 at 22:02

i'm not a fan of coilovers on the road. Too much to be adjusted...and most just drop it all the way and turn up the dampers. There has to be some give!...

If you've got it low and hard, raise it and soften it up a tad...so you've got some roll to throw the car into the corners...

B3KAN

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26th Jun 08 at 22:08

Have you got them all set up the same? As said get the tracking done then try it

ChrisBoom

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26th Jun 08 at 22:16

quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
Have you got them all set up the same? As said get the tracking done then try it

Yeah, back are at the lowest, raised the front a little tonight, seems to of made a difference.

There doesnt seem to be any way to adjust the dampers, but I havent really looked

l15ter

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26th Jun 08 at 22:24

does it oversteer or understeer?because its all down the centre of gravity...and condition of tyres

Rob B

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26th Jun 08 at 22:58

What make ? let me guess.... FK, Spax or Gaz..

ChrisBoom

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26th Jun 08 at 22:58

quote:
Originally posted by l15ter
does it oversteer or understeer?because its all down the centre of gravity...and condition of tyres

Understeers. Tyres are in decent condition, just a shit tyre though.

Shall fiddle with it atm, then see how I can improve it once I get some new wheels + tyres.

Adam_B

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26th Jun 08 at 23:00

what coilovers are they?

l15ter

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27th Jun 08 at 07:32

does it understeer just in the rain tho?

Lee Wilson

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27th Jun 08 at 09:50

You'll be amazed at how much the smallest of adjustments on tracking and camber makes. Get it done

If the car is trying to drive in two seperate directions it's not going to handle very well.

ChrisBoom

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27th Jun 08 at 23:39

Adam, they are janspeed ones. The handling is much better now than it was, think it was just much too low at the front. Tracking and camber will be done tomorrow.

Kurt

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27th Jun 08 at 23:43

you definately need the tracking/camber done to appreciate them. i drove to wrexham to demon tweeks on dodgily set up coilovers i had bodge on to get aligned.. the drive there was intresting to say the least.. drive back though

sand-eel

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28th Jun 08 at 13:35

raise the back, the back HAS to be higher than the front on a FWD car

Vaux Lad

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28th Jun 08 at 13:46

Having them set at there lowest wont help.

You cant adjust stiffness on Janspeed coilovers.

RCS

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28th Jun 08 at 15:58

quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
raise the back, the back HAS to be higher than the front on a FWD car

Why is that?

csweatherston

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28th Jun 08 at 16:01

as above????

why?..

l15ter

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28th Jun 08 at 20:59

quote:
Originally posted by RCS

quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
raise the back, the back HAS to be higher than the front on a FWD car

yea why?thats just going to cause it to oversteer then

Limecat

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28th Jun 08 at 23:52

It had too much toe in, thats why. It would also scrub the outer edge of the front tyres.

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