> 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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