CRXer
07-07-2008, 04:44 AM
Ahhhh, 4.30am & ive been up for a few hours now trawling the net for some spring setup advice, to no real avail at all.Tried contacting a few unnamed people & they seem to not want to share their setup info,fair enough i suppose,hopefully they might contribute here.
Im sussy n00b,so please bare with me & hopefully some of u track experts can help me out.
I know,i know,i should be looking at sway setup first,but i just happened upon a cheap spring setup,which will help me ,1 - lift the nose of my car off the ground a bit & stop smashing up my headers,& 2 - replace the shit springs in the car atm.
ATM,the car rides on what look to be Kmac(im guessing cos they are orange springs),the front look slightly progressive & the rear are linear.They both appear to be similar rates also, front & rear,from what i can make out trying to compare them both.
The car now,with extra 40-50 odd kg worth of engine up front(plus A/C & power steer),obviously plows into corners with over eager entry but gets very light in the tail once settled into the corner & accelerating.
The new springs i got are 8k linear fronts & i wont tell u what the rears are, lol, but lets just say i might use them at the strip on the odd occassion & drive carefully out there so i dont kill my stock valved konis.
8k was about what i wanted at the front(for a street/track compromise),so the deal worked out alright,i realise 8k is a bit hardcore for the street,but im willing to live with it & only venture beyond on known good & flat surfaces free of pothole,expansion joints,etc.
Dont much like bumpy corners anyway, personally.
The problem i'm having is where do i go with the rear?
My guess is an 8k rear as well for the street/track compromise,maybe even get a set of 10k rears also & just throw them on for track days?
How far off am i,am i even in the ballpark with my thinking on trying to setup my nose heavy,short wheelbase crap?
Im sussy n00b,so please bare with me & hopefully some of u track experts can help me out.
I know,i know,i should be looking at sway setup first,but i just happened upon a cheap spring setup,which will help me ,1 - lift the nose of my car off the ground a bit & stop smashing up my headers,& 2 - replace the shit springs in the car atm.
ATM,the car rides on what look to be Kmac(im guessing cos they are orange springs),the front look slightly progressive & the rear are linear.They both appear to be similar rates also, front & rear,from what i can make out trying to compare them both.
The car now,with extra 40-50 odd kg worth of engine up front(plus A/C & power steer),obviously plows into corners with over eager entry but gets very light in the tail once settled into the corner & accelerating.
The new springs i got are 8k linear fronts & i wont tell u what the rears are, lol, but lets just say i might use them at the strip on the odd occassion & drive carefully out there so i dont kill my stock valved konis.
8k was about what i wanted at the front(for a street/track compromise),so the deal worked out alright,i realise 8k is a bit hardcore for the street,but im willing to live with it & only venture beyond on known good & flat surfaces free of pothole,expansion joints,etc.
Dont much like bumpy corners anyway, personally.
The problem i'm having is where do i go with the rear?
My guess is an 8k rear as well for the street/track compromise,maybe even get a set of 10k rears also & just throw them on for track days?
How far off am i,am i even in the ballpark with my thinking on trying to setup my nose heavy,short wheelbase crap?