Ok last question and then i will leave you all alone ;-) Is there a quick way to tell (without taking much apart) if the car has front inserts, or if it requires the whole strut assembly. The car in question is actaully a 1990 8v GTI
-Denis ----- Original Message ----- From: "DocWyte" <[email protected]> To: "Adam Frank" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [A2-16v] Suspension questions > 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 > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v >
