Sounds good Errol, only a 10 min job to re-set the rears. Mind you a fair bit of my 'plough' understeer on the weekend was prolly due to not washing off enough speed down the front straight!
Cam CM510 www.sprite.com.au/cm510 ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: RE: Front suspension settings... > Normally you would set up the front suspension damping, and then use the > adjustments on the rear shock bump setting to vary the amount of oversteer > you get. > If the car is set up properly, you should be able to make very fine > adjustments. The ideal is small amounts of initial understeer on turn in, > transitioning to slight roll over steer as the car starts to corner hard. If > you have to adjust the car two or three times to get the front right that > isn't too much trouble as it only takes an hour or two to remove the struts > and replace them. > Once they are set you will not need to vary them, unless for wet tracks, > changing tyre types or stabilisers. > My two cents worth. > Cheers > Feral Errol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew Greenbury > Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 11:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Front suspension settings... > > Hi Cam, > > a mate of mine just HAD to have externally adjustable konis (more > for pose value :) and so they modded a 300zx pair to suit. So if you > really want externally adjustability you can, as he and Mark found. > > How often are you actually gonna adjust them though? Although I > have meant to, I know I have never touched mine :) So if you stick > with the koni reds in the front, I would start with the "softest" > setting as that way if they are not to your liking you have plenty of > adjustment for increasing firmness. As I recall they are pretty hard > even at their softest setting :) > > Andrew > > > Cam, > > > > You should be able to get externally adjustable Koni's to suit > > your Datto. I have a set in the front of my race car (1600), I put > > them in at the end of 2001. I had them custom made though to suit > > the stanza struts and coil over hardware. I also had them valved > > differently to suit my spring rates. They were expensive - $750 > > for the pair, but the result is awesome! > > > > Mark. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Cam > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:37 AM > > Subject: Front suspension settings... > > > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > The time has come to lash out and buy a set of adjustable Koni's for the > front of the datto... > > > > Problem is, the Konis aren't externally adjuable, so I have to pretty > much choose a setting to start with, hard, soft, somewhere inbetween before > I put them in. > > > > What are peoples recomendations and why. > > > > Thanks guys, > > > > Cam > > CM510 > > www.sprite.com.au/cm510 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Terry Rudd > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:56 PM > > Subject: RE: Registration > > > > > > Mark, > > From mine and some mates experiences you will nearly always have a > hassle or two when you cha > nge the state of rego for a modified car. If you are considering doing this > then I'd strongly recom > mend that if it is possible that you get the car inspected in NSW before you > buy or make it a condi > tion of sale. A mate of mine had more hassles than you could imagine > re-regoing his own car (modifi > ed FC V8 Wagon) that is show quality and fully engineered (one of the most > comprehensive reports i' > ve ever seen) and regoed in his name in Vic. He got transferred in his job > to the ACT - the items t > hat the car didn't comply with here was astounding but they let him still > drive it on a restricted > permit as he engaged a local engineer who supplied a letter of intent to > rectify which was the only > decent part of his ordeal. He would have spent in the vicinity of $2000 > just to get it regoed in t > he ACT which he was prepared to do, but if you add this sort of money onto > the purchase price of a > modified car it hurts a bit. > > > > regards > > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Mark Alford > > Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2002 3:25 PM > > To: Ozdat discussion list > > Subject: Registration > > > > > > Has anyone in NSW bought a car from interstate and then tried to get > it registered in NSW? > > > > > If so, have you had any problems with this - especially imports and > modified cars. > > > > Mark. > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------ > - > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
