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Re: Coilover setup advice..

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Subject: Re: Coilover setup advice..
From: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:23:00 -0800
Buying your own set of scales?  Wow, must be nice to have that kind of money
to burn; those scales are not cheap.

Perhaps you'd like to contribute to a charity?  Such as, the Scot T. Zediker
Fund for the Eternally Broke? ;)

Scot (chairman of said fund ;) ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>; "Jake Hodges" <jake@codeworm.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Coilover setup advice..


> > I understand that poorly adjusted coilovers can be worse than nothing at
> all..
>
> uh, well, i am living proof of this after converting to coil overs in the
> rear of my car.  after a whole year of wondering why my car wouldnt turn
> right, why i only wore out only RF and LR tires, and why my perch settings
> looked so odd, i finally realized my corner weights were WAY WAY off.
>
> before the last event i ghetto corner weighted my car by just setting my
> perches even and compared the pressure from pressing down on the fenders
and
> picked up a close to a whole second. DOH!!
>
> corner weight your car!  i might buy a set of scales soon and can do some
> quick checks for people.
>
> couple of other things: changes to alignment change corner weights so its
> good to do both at once.  very slight changes in flatness greatly affect
> corner weights. changes in ride height affect the pre-load on your sway
> bars, so be sure to reset those.  you can do perfectly good alignments and
> cross weights at home for autocross use.  barry spencer corner weighted my
> car once long ago and it was really good for that next event- hes got the
> super tools to do this.
>
> -james
> OSP - Onorous Suspension Prep
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jake Hodges" <jake@codeworm.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:48 PM
> Subject: Coilover setup advice..
>
>
> > Hi!  I have a friend with a Subaru WRX Wagon, and he's decided to get
> > coilovers.  He does a lot of track days and twisty road driving, and
he's
> > come to loathe the stock suspension.
> >
> > First, does anyone have first hand experience with WRX and coilovers.
> >
> > Second, please barrage me with information on setting them up.  I
> > understand that poorly adjusted coilovers can be worse than nothing at
> > all.. How do we adjust them correctly, who has the equipment, and how
> > bribable are they?.  Ideally, he'd like to take part in the exercise to
> > learn more about the process.
> >
> > Thanks, all!
> >
> > Jake

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