> Even at their softest, Konis are stiffer than stock shocks so this is the
> way it will be.
Seems that is what we want, a bit stiffer than stock. I will
give you a report as soon as I get a chance to drive the car.
> Ah, that's where some of the harshness comes from, I think. On an
> Elan, you can get away with stock bushings for everything, including
> racing (although, for racing, if it never has to see the street, solid
> bushings give you an improvement... especially true for the tops of
> the Chapman struts at the rear where spherical bearings come in
> handy).
>
Ok, but i see no reason to revert to stock bushings. We did not buy the
car to cruise arond, but to really drive it :)
> Yes. When I first converted my racing Elan (now sold) from serious SCCA
> racing to vintage racing, it had flares but they let me use them even
> though none are allowed in vintage on the condition that I limited myself
> to 6" wide wheels as originally allowed when the car would have been
> raced new (1965).
>
We got 6" front and 7" rear.
> Guessing at type and size in converting from race tires to treaded
> street-type tires, I used Yokohama A001R 205-60 tires. In my first race
> at Palm Springs, I found that the car had very little grip (fine with me
> because these cars were *made* for 4-wheel drifts).
I wonder where I am going to learn to use these abilities.
There are very few roads where one can practice 4-wheel drifts, and there
are also very few tracks around. :-(
> In fact, when I
> finally changed tires after three race weekends, I sold the Yokohamas
> which still had nubs all over them! They had shared the 1350 pound
> weight of the car so well that they never got warm! Once I switched to
> softer compound, 185-60s, the tires heated up and stuck much better.
>
I think that was the same type of tires the PO used for the road,but with
almost no tread left when we bought the car. I can't
see the reason, they give no grip until they are warm,and according to
you they do not even get warm on the track :-/
Tor Hval <torhv@ifi.uio.no>
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