The suspension height difference front to rear on a 1600 is 58mm (call it 60mm) and not 30mm as Whiteline suggest. Pete Liebig's sits at 320/290 and has been measured at ~28mm nose down, dead flat with 290mm rear height is actually 348mm at the front and I have pointed this out to Whiteline a couple of times and they said that they were going to correct the website, looks like not happening though. The back is marginal at 290mm as Cam says plus clearance becomes an issue as well, especially with Skyline R31 rear discs and stock offset wheels. You get used to the springs occasionally being pushed sideways out of their seats when minor contact with the bumpers happens, makes a nice thunk when they re-locate. The front depending on which xmember you have is usually pretty good handling and little signs of bump steer in the range of 320-350, 350mm does look sort of high to the naked eye with 13" or 14" wheels. I've seen bump steer to be somewhat marginal at 320mm especially in 71 & later cars.
Stock (used) 240K rear springs usually come in at around 300-310mm and ride very nicely on the street. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cam McKinnon Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2003 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: quick spring question - TERRY I hadn't read that article for awhile (eventhough) I have it on my web-site. 320 - 290 are nice numbers, BUT it only leaves 20mm rear wheel travel to you're on the bumpstops, so they'd have to be modified. The other issue is at 290 mm, you would have too much neg camber and positive toe unless you had a modified rear crossmember (and they have gone to the trouble of suggesting that shouldn't be done). Cheers, Cam CM510 www.cm510.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: Re: quick spring question - TERRY > http://www.whiteline.com.au/articles/RH_Dat1600a.htm > > They suggest 320 front and 290 back. Mind you they also mention that this > is supposed to be sitting dead flat. > If they're too be belived and a 30mm difference is dead flat, a 60mm > difference would be the back lower. Dunno, sure it can be made to handle > alright both ways. > > Dave > --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
