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Dec 7th, 2018, 23:57 | #1 |
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Corner weight adjustment
Does anyone know we're I can get my coil overs set up for corner weight adjustment
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Dec 8th, 2018, 16:54 | #2 |
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Roddisons Motorsport in Sheffield have the equipment to do it (they are mx5 experts and run a race team) but you will have to wait as he is always booked up for months - not joking btw. You would probably have to have the specs you want it set to as he principally does mx5's.
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Dec 9th, 2018, 08:28 | #3 |
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Anyone any idea what the settings should be
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Dec 9th, 2018, 10:48 | #4 |
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both front sides should be equal and both rear sides should be equal …
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Dec 9th, 2018, 11:34 | #5 |
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Is there any volvo specialists that do corner weighting adjustment
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Dec 9th, 2018, 11:40 | #6 |
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I guess you have adjustable spring seats on all 4 springs ?
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With the weight of the driver in the drivers seat yes. Your front to rear balance weight is also going to come down to how you want it to sit, level, nose down or nose upup |
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Dec 9th, 2018, 14:16 | #8 |
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Actually cross weight percentage is arguably much more important than sheer front/rear. Cross weight percentage determines the balance of the car in cornering and as such how it feels and how quickly you can take corners.
You want your cross weight to be as close to 50% as possible, or you can customise it to the track you're going to be on - skewing the bias in accordance with that the majority of corners are. Have a read through this to better understand corner weighting. https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/ar...orner-weights/ I have to ask why you're doing it though? Unless you have adjustable coilovers and spring seats you're going to be very limited in what can actually be adjusted, and there isnt a huge benefit to it for normal road use given the weight and location of that weight will vary from drive to drive (with passengers, shopping, loads etc)
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Dec 9th, 2018, 17:01 | #9 |
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I'm running coil overs and adjustsble rear spting seats
just wanted to get the car set up correctly for the road as I've only adjusted the height |
Dec 9th, 2018, 17:08 | #10 |
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First things first is a four wheel alignment. On a decent system. Not KwikFits finest wheel alignment, not even remotely the same thing.
Then you can look into corner weighting, but to do this effectively you'll need to consider what is most likely to be "normal" for you and the car in terms of weight and luggage/passengers/fuel levels and ensure that when you get it corner weighted you have those present. You also really need to be aware that in a 'stock' car with full interior there isn't a lot you can do to balance the weight front to rear or even side to side unless you're willing to strip and relocate things. Simply lowering the suspension won't (unless you've dropped it more than 30-40mm) really cause any severe upsets to the way it handles on 'stock' set-up.
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