Rake and ride heights
#21
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I've got a few pictures to compare the before and after, Now it seems to have settled a bit my aim is to get is set to a point where it looks , handles nicely without wobbly driveshafts needing lots of bits to correct funniy bahaviour and can cope with speed bumps without leaving bits of Mugen all over South West London.
With oem coilovers it was sitting about 36.5 rear and 35.5 front. Using the simpletons measure of wheel centre to arch.
initial measure after setup
NSF 34.6
NSR 34.4
OSF 33.5
OSR 34.5
Current measurement taken at the same place
NSF 34.1
NSR 33.9
OSF 33.5
OSR 33.6
With oem coilovers it was sitting about 36.5 rear and 35.5 front. Using the simpletons measure of wheel centre to arch.
initial measure after setup
NSF 34.6
NSR 34.4
OSF 33.5
OSR 34.5
Current measurement taken at the same place
NSF 34.1
NSR 33.9
OSF 33.5
OSR 33.6
#22
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Hmm maybe I miss understood the corner weighting theory then
When my car was done it was approx 2mm lower after all said and done and the car was perfectly flat.
In the aim to corner weight my car accross the diagonals as stated the height or pre load was adjusted on the coilovers, this then shifted the weight around the car until it was correct.
I don't understand how on a 50:50 car you could corner weight a car with forward rake as surely the front and the back need to be the same height?
Edit - It's ok I've figured it out, was just being thick
When my car was done it was approx 2mm lower after all said and done and the car was perfectly flat.
In the aim to corner weight my car accross the diagonals as stated the height or pre load was adjusted on the coilovers, this then shifted the weight around the car until it was correct.
I don't understand how on a 50:50 car you could corner weight a car with forward rake as surely the front and the back need to be the same height?
Edit - It's ok I've figured it out, was just being thick
#24
Thread Starter
Bottom 3 are as it sits currently, the fourth of those pics viewed from the side was taken a couple of weeks ago and the ground its sitting on slopes down so it looks like it lower at the front than it really is.
I certainly would not go lower at the rear, perhaps a few mm lower at the front and a touch more at the rear. I have to be carefull our I wont even be able to get it out of the entrance to the garages.
Reading that a few other people have found that little or no rake is fine, is good to know.
Would look the muts nuts if I could clean it.
I certainly would not go lower at the rear, perhaps a few mm lower at the front and a touch more at the rear. I have to be carefull our I wont even be able to get it out of the entrance to the garages.
Reading that a few other people have found that little or no rake is fine, is good to know.
Would look the muts nuts if I could clean it.
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