It's simple physics. The lower the car goes, the more the roll center increases. Once the control arms go past parallel to the ground the roll center increases far more than the center of gravity drops.
I'd wager my Shine equipped car, that's at least 1.5" higher than yours would go around the corner far faster... -josh --- Adam Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > if you slam the car right it handles great. > ive got a '91 gli thats lowered to the point where > the tops of the tires are > just slightly hidden under the wheel well using > eibach springs. Ive got > front and rear neuspeed sway bars and i can take a > 20mph turn at 65 and the > tires dont even squeak. id say thats pretty good > handing. whats wrong with > that setup? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Yip" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 4:22 AM > Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Suspension questions > > > > Too low on an A2 really changes the roll center of > the vehicle and > > makes it handle like crap - in other words, all > those "slammed" cars > > that are built for "racing" are truly poseur cars. > I don't remember > > how many inches I lowered my car but I stopped > when the front control > > arms were parallel to the pavement. Anymore and > you'll get bump > > steer in places where you thought the road was > flat. > > > > I'd go with a coilover setup such as Ground > Control or Carrera (or a > > variety of others) before I ordered some generic > lowering springs. > > Most lowering springs are progressive in order to > preserve ride > > quality. Race springs tend to be linear although > they're still > > fairly soft and they don't offer the changeability > of coil overs. > > > > Bilstein Sport and HD - valved the same (from what > I know) but the > > Sport is designed to work with lowered supsensions > while the HD is > > not. > > > > > > --- Denis Palmans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just a few more suspension questions. first off, > how low are most > > > of your > > > cars? I found a good deal on a set of springs, > but it lowers the > > > car from > > > 2-2.5 inches. That seems a bit extreme for me, > any opinions on > > > these? > > > > > > second, does anyone know the spring rates for > the H&R 'race' > > > springs that > > > parts4vws.com sells? > > > > > > also what is the difference between the bilstein > HD's and the > > > bilstien > > > sports? i'm assuming one is stiffer than the > other? > > > > > > finaly, on the parts4vws website they list 2 > different bilstein > > > sport shock > > > sets, one for pre '90 cars, and one for 90-92 > cars. It says the > > > 90-92 ones > > > include a full front strut. Is this nessecary? > cant i just get new > > > front > > > shock inserts instead of the whole strut itself? > > > > > > any help on these questions would be really > great. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > > http://health.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > A2-16v mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v > > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
