What do you think about he rear suspension Mark? I'm just about over the arse end of a 1600, IMHO a big handicap on the race track.
I have 800lb rears with the koni's screwed up as hard as they will go with say .75 deg neg camber and zero toe and mid setting rear bar. (with locked R3.9 and decent 225/50/15 Rspec bags) At any point other than straight ahead it's wheel spin city from the moment of any power application. As you'd know if you are spinning....they are winning. I'm thinking of going back to a softer rear spring and shock with a firmer rear bar, Ideas?? Cheers, Cam CM510 www.sprite.com.au/cm510 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:21 PM Subject: Re: suspension questions > Robbie, > > Before you go forking out a load of hard earned money - take the car to a > good wheel alignment guy. > > I would suggest looking at your alignmet settings prior to changing > components. If you still use the car as a daily driver, anything you do will > be a comprimise, but I would be aiming for loads of positive castor (5 > degrees if you can get it - but this will make the steering quite quite > heavy) and up to 4.5 degrees negative camber (no good for the street > though - so adjustable strut tops could be a good option, depends how > serious you want to get.) > > Of course your ride height and quality of components like shocks will come > into play - but it would be interesting to find out what your wheel > alignment settings are right now before you make any adjustments. At > leastthen you will know what adjustments are working and what adjustments > have little or no effect. > > Mark. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robbie vidler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 4:45 PM > Subject: suspension questions > > > > had my first hill climb in my 1975 datsun 180b SSS on sunday... the car > got > > around in an ok time despite handling like a dog ;) > > > > it was understeering big time when i thought i'd have trouble keeping it > > from over steering, however it rarely let go of the rear end. > > the front springs are to soft and the whole car in my opinion sits to > high. > > > > i am wondering how much lower then standard can i go 2.5" or 3". the car > has > > unknown front shocks and munroe adjustables on the rear, i don't know hwo > to > > adjust them though. > > > > after a suspension inspection these items were suggested. > > > > Rh inner tie rod end > > lower inners > > radius rod bushes > > lh lower ball joint > > idler arm > > rear lower arm bushes > > rear shocks > > quote > > $1000 > > > > this sounded a little excessive to me, and the rear shocks appear ok to > me? > > > > i'm wondering which of these things i could do myself and what else could > i > > do to make the car more determined to turn in? > > > > thanks robbie. > > > > --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/membersozdat@;datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
