Hi, Guest
04-28-2005, 11:21 AM
ok ...back to the original question about the sport lines from Eibach....these things a re stiff and are basically track ready ...as I understand it ....no shock is gonna change that...period.
All that can be hoped for is that a change of dampers will take any bounce out of the ride. Stock dampers just cant take those spring rates and when they are already "about " half way through there travel they realistically dont have much of a chance to "damp" anything .
Quite often guys that go "sportline" low end up basically riding on the bump stops or with only a couple of inches of free travel...which I assume is why the guy is getting his filings knocked out of his mouth every time he goes over a bump...
There is an incredible amount of tech on this, and most ,if not all is all but overcomplicated s**t....the best suspensions seem to allways come from a retarded amount of experimentation....not something most guys want to do.
My basic comments still remain ....do your homework first and this will never happen. All to often guys want there machine to run low and dont realize that there is allways a tradeoff somewere in this equation....The most interesting thing is that in order for the car to actually corner properly you actually need a fair amount of suspension travel ....probably more than the sportlines have to offer...unless the car is so stiffly damped from aftermarket shocks that it wont ride on the bump stops....not a comfortable car to run on the streets .
And those points could also be argued as well. Because if the car is super stiffly sprung with tight dampers it could become "go-cart like" which is not really the balance you need especially in a front drive car...
talk to ten people with some experince and you will get ten views from slightly different lenses ....there will be some common ground but that is about it...
buy a matched system like the eibach pro kit ...with the bars....this is a good all round steert setup....FK also has one....it is excellent value for the money.
thats it I guess.....
All that can be hoped for is that a change of dampers will take any bounce out of the ride. Stock dampers just cant take those spring rates and when they are already "about " half way through there travel they realistically dont have much of a chance to "damp" anything .
Quite often guys that go "sportline" low end up basically riding on the bump stops or with only a couple of inches of free travel...which I assume is why the guy is getting his filings knocked out of his mouth every time he goes over a bump...
There is an incredible amount of tech on this, and most ,if not all is all but overcomplicated s**t....the best suspensions seem to allways come from a retarded amount of experimentation....not something most guys want to do.
My basic comments still remain ....do your homework first and this will never happen. All to often guys want there machine to run low and dont realize that there is allways a tradeoff somewere in this equation....The most interesting thing is that in order for the car to actually corner properly you actually need a fair amount of suspension travel ....probably more than the sportlines have to offer...unless the car is so stiffly damped from aftermarket shocks that it wont ride on the bump stops....not a comfortable car to run on the streets .
And those points could also be argued as well. Because if the car is super stiffly sprung with tight dampers it could become "go-cart like" which is not really the balance you need especially in a front drive car...
talk to ten people with some experince and you will get ten views from slightly different lenses ....there will be some common ground but that is about it...
buy a matched system like the eibach pro kit ...with the bars....this is a good all round steert setup....FK also has one....it is excellent value for the money.
thats it I guess.....
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