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Re: Coilover setup advice..

To: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Coilover setup advice..
From: "James Creasy" <james@thevenom.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 23:28:20 -0800
scales cost the same as a set of hooisers plus they last longer!

besides, im unemployed again which confers immunity to charities such as
yours :-)

-james
OSP - Owner Soon Poor


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scot Zediker" <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Coilover setup advice..


> 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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