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Wrighty

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9th Jun 07 at 22:25

someone find that caribic blue sri on polished speedlines pic

-100mm all round iirc

marklawton

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9th Jun 07 at 22:37

spax coilovers all the way down

speedlines on 45 profiles

ians gsi on speedlines 40 profile

Mike GSi

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9th Jun 07 at 23:02

Nic Barnes

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9th Jun 07 at 23:22

sad thing is, low = slow

Mike GSi

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9th Jun 07 at 23:23

quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
sad thing is, low = slow

couldnt agree more tbh, 60mm is the way to be imo

Nic Barnes

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9th Jun 07 at 23:27

id say more 35-40 for ideal set up, well thats based on what ive tried with mine and what seems best, every car is different i know

Scotty C

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9th Jun 07 at 23:28

does it honestly make a noticeable difference? Sure it's not pyschological?

[Edited on 09-06-2007 by Monster]

Nic Barnes

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9th Jun 07 at 23:34

if car is low at the back, get less traction due to weight transfer, also doesnt handle quite aswell either. its not psychological, well i noticed a massive improvement in the all round driving ofthe car raiseing the rear up about 2 1/2 inch or so

Mike GSi

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9th Jun 07 at 23:35

imo

60mm looks good, give "ok" handling
40mm looks ok with better handling

Nic Barnes

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9th Jun 07 at 23:35

all depends on what you want i guess. i want maximum grip and best handling really, i can sacrifice the low-ness for that as tbh when your sitting in the driver seat, cant even see how low the car is

Scotty C

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9th Jun 07 at 23:40

You setting your car up for the track now then?

Nic Barnes

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9th Jun 07 at 23:42

not really set it up so it feels better to drive everyday round the country roads etc

its a lot of personal preference i guess.

Scotty C

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9th Jun 07 at 23:45

Would it help with 60ft at all? Centre of gravity changing etc..

Ste L

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10th Jun 07 at 00:19

quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
someone find that caribic blue sri on polished speedlines pic

-100mm all round iirc

looks about 80mm alround to me...

Ian W

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10th Jun 07 at 00:29

Not sure how low mine is now but the chassis is silly close to the floor, its a common misconception that the lower you go the better it handles, it doesn't, it just bounces, bangs and skips.

Sadly I have always wanted a proper lowrider, as im not rich, american or in america I settled for a corsa

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10th Jun 07 at 00:40

No lower than 40mm if you want it to handle properly.

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10th Jun 07 at 00:43

quote:
Originally posted by Monster
Would it help with 60ft at all? Centre of gravity changing etc..

For drag on a FWD car you want the back suspension to be fairly high and to be stiff. If you went to PVS you would have seen all the big power FWD Vaux's like the LET Novas sitting on just a set of lowering springs or some pretty basic coilovers going up the strip. When the drivers floored it the back bumper would practically be dragging along the floor and the front wouldn't have as much weight to gain traction....

Wrighty

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10th Jun 07 at 00:46

quote:
Originally posted by ed
No lower than 40mm if you want it to handle properly.

corsas dont handle very well anyway

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10th Jun 07 at 00:55

Thankyou for your input.

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