Will I still get body roll with stock sway bars and a set of d2 coilovers 15kf,13kr?
Jul 5, 2007, 12:25 PM
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Will I still get body roll with stock sway bars and a set of d2 coilovers 15kf,13kr?
I just ordered a set of d2 coilovers with spring rate's of 15k front 13k rear, I am on stock sway bars will I still get body roll with the spring rates above or should I go a little higher?
Jul 5, 2007, 12:54 PM
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Sway bars induce more weight transfer, the stiffer the sway bar the more weight that will transfer, the more the car will "roll".
Why are you trying to elimate body roll? The car stock roll's quite a bit but I cannot see how it could possibly be feasible to eliminate it.
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Why are you trying to elimate body roll? The car stock roll's quite a bit but I cannot see how it could possibly be feasible to eliminate it.
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Jul 5, 2007, 01:03 PM
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Why did you choose such a high spring rate?
You are gonna experience some serious rough ride.
I don't know where you live ...I hope the roads where you live are perfect.
You are gonna experience some serious rough ride.
I don't know where you live ...I hope the roads where you live are perfect.
Jul 5, 2007, 01:10 PM
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Um, street racing? Why in the world would you be getting super-stiff springs and be so worried about "body roll" for street racing? That's in a straight line you know? Also, by "track" do you really mean you are going to be doing real road racing, or do you mean the drag strip. I'm pretty sure you mean the drag strip, because you are not a road racer or autocrosser, and you have a huge turbo on a 2.0. So again, why do you care so much about body roll on a straight line car, and why did you randomly get ridiculously stiff springs with the wrong ratio front/rear?
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I have custom-valved Ohlins with 700lb/900lb springs front/rear, which is approximately 12kg/16kg. This is a custom setup that has been tested on the shock dyno and on the track by a professional driver (Paul Gerrard). I bought the package, which is referred to as the Vishnu/Gerrard Ohlins package, and I got the most extreme spring rates available at the time. I do daily drive my Evo, but I ONLY got this crazy setup, because I planned to COMPETITIVELY road race (NASA time trials) and autocross (SCCA). If I were only drag racing and driving on the street, then this setup would be a huge waste of money, and it wouldn't be worth the teeth-chattering on a daily basis.
I see no reason for you to get anything like this, since you don't race at all, and if you did decide to get into it competitively, you would not just randomly purchase some D2 coilovers. What you would do is you would go to a professional Evo suspension tuner (Gerrard, Robi, Mueller) and have them set you up with something that meets your needs, is tried and tested, and that uses their custom specs.
I see no reason for you to get anything like this, since you don't race at all, and if you did decide to get into it competitively, you would not just randomly purchase some D2 coilovers. What you would do is you would go to a professional Evo suspension tuner (Gerrard, Robi, Mueller) and have them set you up with something that meets your needs, is tried and tested, and that uses their custom specs.
So my ratio is off why is this? Some race companies who sell coilovers have a gap of a 2k difference inbetween the front of the car and rear. So companies like tien and tanabe do not know what they are doing when it comes to setting up spring ratios on a set of coilovers for a evo? Warr how does it feel when you hit a bump
?