any ideas on how to set it up.

[antz]

Hi Guys,

For ages ive been fannying around with the suspension on ym car and I cant really work out how to mka eit handle any better from the bits ive got on it so i need your advice!

 

the car has:

standard front struts with GAZ adjustable dampers

Adjustable rear shocks

lowered 2 inch on springs and de-camberered leafs

 

 

any idea on how i could set it up so it handles the best for all round everything.

 

At the moment i have the front set to its hardest with the back about middle....is this wrong?

 

help please

[hotrodholty]

the best iv had mine handling is with everything pretty much as stiff as poss, just watch out for speed bumps, iv also been told that with escy's you should have the front 1" higher than the rear to improve cornering

[antz]

i cant have the rear too stiff cos i set it about 3/4 stiff and rattled my teeth out. it was horrible!

[hotrodholty]

i cant have the rear too stiff cos i set it about 3/4 stiff and rattled my teeth out. it was horrible!

all part of the fun you need to invest in gum shield

[pauln]

For general use compliance is the key. If you are stiffening up the front with the dampers I would suggest you need a stiffer front spring setup and wind the dampers back off. As an example I have the Gaz adjustable dampers with 160lb springs on my Cortina and 2 1/2 turns on the front dampers (I have the big Capri arb as well) and this setup absorbs the crap roads as well as keeping down the roll. If I put any more on the dampers this starts to produce a choppy ride so I may go up to 180lbs. The back I run as soft as possible (about 5 clicks). It's better to accept a bit of roll rather than get bounced off the road.

[antz]

thanks for the advice paul N. Ill try something new tomorow and see how it handles

 

I think i have 170lb springs on the front.

 

The back i might slacken off but its a bugger to do cos i got some outer mongolian old stock adjustablt dampers RED MAX or seomthing