| Hall1836 |
12-05-2009 02:11 PM |
Stupid question of the day, coilovers?
As you tighten the coils do you raise or lower the body, in addition to compressing the spring?
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| patrickt |
12-05-2009 02:17 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hall1836
(Post 1007037)
As you tighten the coils do you raise or lower the body, in addition to compressing the spring?
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As you move your spring collar up, your car will go up higher as well. But it's not a 1 to 1 ratio. Meaning if you want to move your car up an inch you will move the spring collar up by less than an inch -- maybe three-quarters, maybe two-thirds, but you get the idea. That's on my car, though. Your car's spring to results ratio will be different, but still similar.
EDIT -- After getting your ride height perfect you should do final adjustments with your car on scales. Getting your corner weights just right makes a tremendous difference in the way the car drives. |
| Ron61 |
12-06-2009 06:21 AM |
Also if you have adjustable rebound settings you may need to change those for the feel you want. Mine had a small hex type knob that you turned with your fingers to ease or stiffen the rebound and had 12 settings. If I lowered or raised the car any I had to adjust them for whichever track or even for just street driving to get it to feel right to me.
Ron
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| mdross1 |
12-06-2009 08:13 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
(Post 1007039)
As you move your spring collar up, your car will go up higher as well. But it's not a 1 to 1 ratio. Meaning if you want to move your car up an inch you will move the spring collar up by less than an inch -- maybe three-quarters, maybe two-thirds, but you get the idea. That's on my car, though. Your car's spring to results ratio will be different, but still similar.
EDIT -- After getting your ride height perfect you should do final adjustments with your car on scales. Getting your corner weights just right makes a tremendous difference in the way the car drives.
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Exactly,what should be done, have the car scaled.It will never be right if you don't.Ask me how I know? |
| patrickt |
12-06-2009 08:52 AM |
Scales
This is what we used. DCDoug and I had a thread just recently about renting corner weight scales. But almost every local Cobra Club has somebody that actually owns a set (and you only need them for the afternoon). Fill your tank up about half-way, put something in the driver's seat that weighs what you do, then adjust to try and get a 50/50 cross-weight. Don't forget to loosen your sway bars first -- the pre-load will skew your numbers.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ium/scales.jpg |
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