Build Thread?
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After getting my car aligned it was a night and day difference!
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Alignment numbers came back pretty good, though I think I may have bent a control arm a touch. The caster from side to side had about a .75 degree difference. Not too big of a deal.
Car was set with .01 degree toe out, and it is interesting for sure!
Rear camber came in at about 2.5 degrees, so I may be doing subframe riser bushings this winter to get a bit more tire on the ground. This will be especially necessary if I run wider tires. -
I did a thing the other day. Proof.
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I did a thing the other day. Proof.
I witnessed it. It was awesome.
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I added some oil yesterday.
Yep.Looking forward to tearing into this car again and slapping the snail back on!
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I like your new signature.
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I like your new signature.
Thanks, I quite enjoy it as well. The last one was a bit outdated.
I was looking through all of the pictures that you have taken of my car, they are all excellent. -
yeah great photo. i particularly like the reasonable ride height.
Dan
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Shock suggestions?
I found that this thing squats hard under accel, and I know the spring rates are very reasonable for what I do with the car.
I am currently running H&R Race springs with Bilstein sport shocks/struts.
I know that the shocks/struts are not new by any means, but I know that Dan said he was much more satisfied with other solutions.
So what should I look into? Koni SA? I see that most distributors are having a sale on Konis, so I am tempted to grab a pair of rears to get started....
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Are you trying to avoid coilovers?
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Are you trying to avoid coilovers?
I'm trying to avoid dropping ~$1,000 on a set of coilovers yes.
The main reason for that is the fact that I am entirely happy with my current ride height, and my spring rates are in line with what I would probably get in coilovers.
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1)koni SA are way better than bilstein sports, for both the adjustability and ride comfort.
2)since you are doing rear shocks only, you could just pick up the rear shocks from a one of the coilover kits. you'll probably end up paying the same as a pair of konis, but you'll get better damper control with external adjustment knobs and a better top mount.
3)still thinking along the 'rears only' line of thought, alternatively you could just order the rear springs/adjusters from a set of coilovers with higher rates than you have now. For instance, from BC racing, the rear springs are $50/each and rear adjusters are $45/each and they carry up to 14kg spring rates
Dan
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^just make sure your rates are matched with the dampener
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I'm already on ~10k rear springs (570lb/in) so I don't think I really need to go higher in spring rate.
The only site I have found at this point that sells rear shocks separately is BC, and their rear spring rate is 8k.I only need the rear shocks, as I already have upgraded rear shock mounts from IE.
In the long run I would also upgrade the fronts, but I am now realizing that it may create a weird situation...
Edit: Is buying just front coilovers a thing?
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As I've said, be wary of adjusters. thery're better for matching shocks on a dyno than they are for tuning... and you don't have a shock dyno...
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I'm already on ~10k rear springs (570lb/in) so I don't think I really need to go higher in spring rate.
The only site I have found at this point that sells rear shocks separately is BC, and their rear spring rate is 8k.
I only need the rear shocks, as I already have upgraded rear shock mounts from IE.
In the long run I would also upgrade the fronts, but I am now realizing that it may create a weird situation...
Edit: Is buying just front coilovers a thing?
If we are both 10K in the rear, your shocks must be very worn (thinking back to the autox when we were comparing car setups)
Could also contact ground control for some front only or rear only setups????
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Yeah, that comparison is more or less what has brought all of this up.
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One of my black friday purchases, that wasn't even on sale!
I went with an OEM+ e36 radiator for the car, we will see if it has the cooling capacity required and if not I will go with something larger. This should be a large improvement over my m42 rad.
I plan on relocating the oil cooler as well, and should finally have room to put a 16" pusher fan on the rad!I also ordered a set of subframe riser bushings, that still have not shown up.
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