NeilT Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 any good?? and would i be right in thinking the stop the nose diving under braking??? wheres the best place to get them from for mk3 capri?
blower Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 brilliant , got 1 from esc tec for the escort no more nose dive im sure he said it wasnt from raldes , so it was a good 1 ...
antz Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 its a mixed reaction on them really. some people think they suck but others swear by em. i swear by mine. was so much better with it and such an easy piece of kit to fit. i got mien from rally design. lick of hammerite and bolted it on
NeilT Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Posted October 1, 2008 load of crap save your money Why that then come on im going to make you work for that coment lol cheers for all the input! more the merryer
countrybumpkin Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 great bit of kit, stops the front end dipping under breaking (quite handy when slaming on the breaks when you've seen a rozzer) wheich makes the front end more stable also it stops the antiroll bar bending if you ever hit the one of the front wheels
mupetmagnet Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 ive got one on mine and under heavy breaking it dosent really seem to dip much at all, saying that i have pretty stifff springs and have nothing to compare it to as ive had one from day 1 dan
Baz. Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 load of crap save your money yep, just an i got that dont do shit
TwoLitrePinto Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 they dont do shit, on which car? the 2 people who have said that have escorts in there pics? capri's have BAD nose dive, not sure on the anti-dive kit never had one but i can say a set of new gaz shock inserts will help and theyre not that expensive, i think tickover sell them
Baz. Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 All i can say from my experiance is it dont do a thing, i had one on my Modens RS and it did nothing that i could notice, and i did regular track days with it, back in the day
livewire7116 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 I would go for a pair of RJ in situ tcas and RJ compression struts with some decent struts and springs, far better than a anti dive kit "BUY CHEAP BUY TWICE"!!
countrybumpkin Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 i think a lot of people are expecting to much from a £40 bolt on item but having fitted one to my mk1 escort i did notice a difference in the handling under breaking
Baz. Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 i think a lot of people are expecting to much from a £40 bolt on item but having fitted one to my mk1 escort i did notice a difference in the handling under breaking Expecting to much wots the point in fitting one if it dont do anything, Big g does loads of track days look at his reply you break harder than a race track
countrybumpkin Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 i think a lot of people are expecting to much from a £40 bolt on item but having fitted one to my mk1 escort i did notice a difference in the handling under breaking Expecting to much wots the point in fitting one if it dont do anything, Big g does loads of track days look at his reply you break harder than a race track i do quite a few track days aswell and i do personaly think it makes a difference
flyingbanana Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 i noticed the difference when i fitted mine......certainly feels like it don't nose dive under hard braking anymore.....they say it drops the front end 2 inches....cant quite see that my self....but i think it does help
BIG G Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 Ok heres my justification for my comments..... The reason is that if your car is a rally car on +1" or +2" springs and your roll bar is at a raised angle it is to bring it back to the designed angle to kinda bring the geometry sort of true again so the car wont natually dive. My car is lowered by 2.5" so having the complete money wasting piece of shit on my car was a waste of time and more importantly money.. spend money on harder springs if your car is diving not gymics. As for those that think they work ...........I have a bit of kit that takes 25 seconds off lap times and 2 seconds on the quarter mile its only £45 and bolts on the roof Ive learnt the hard way with my car but please learn by others mistakes as its cheaper i wish i had
blower Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 mine wasnt just diving under hard braking , it was when i came of full throttle , the car would weave about ,and its only a standard 2l pinto this was with full polybush kit and adj coilovers 180lb springs fitted as i said earlier escort tec said mine wasnt from rally design so take from that what you will
countrybumpkin Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 Ok heres my justification for my comments..... The reason is that if your car is a rally car on +1" or +2" springs and your roll bar is at a raised angle it is to bring it back to the designed angle to kinda bring the geometry sort of true again so the car wont natually dive. My car is lowered by 2.5" so having the complete money wasting piece of shit on my car was a waste of time and more importantly money.. spend money on harder springs if your car is diving not gymics. As for those that think they work ...........I have a bit of kit that takes 25 seconds off lap times and 2 seconds on the quarter mile its only £45 and bolts on the roof Ive learnt the hard way with my car but please learn by others mistakes as its cheaper i wish i had there is no need to take the piss, just because it didnt work on your car that does not mean that it dosnt work on other peoples cars
vibrating_Cake Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 i swear by mine. did a few tests before and after, puts a lot more confidence in the braking of the car and reduced braking distances!!!!!!! brilliant bit of kit i would say go for it, the theory behind it working is true and does work. but as said before it all has its limitations, take the pic in my siggy, thats with the anti dive taken to the max haha =) can anyone spot the anti roll bars? anyway... great bit of kit, may aswel replace the bushes while ur there! (btw this is on a 2.0 capri with 190lb springs up front so dont tell me to go stiffer cause the car dives, its to do with roll centres pitch n dive centres not the stiffness of the front springs!
BIG G Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 there is no need to take the piss, just because it didnt work on your car that does not mean that it dosnt work on other peoples cars Take the piss............ no offering advice spend your money i dont care http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7x ... frfcCMM93w heres another MUG
countrybumpkin Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 there is no need to take the piss, just because it didnt work on your car that does not mean that it dosnt work on other peoples cars Take the piss............ no offering advice spend your money i dont care http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7x ... frfcCMM93w heres another MUG I’m not going to argue wit you even though I think you are being rather rude, I think you have ruined what should have been a nice discussion on anti-dive kits
BIG G Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 anyway... great bit of kit, may aswel replace the bushes while ur there!(btw this is on a 2.0 capri with 190lb springs up front so dont tell me to go stiffer cause the car dives, its to do with roll centres pitch n dive centres not the stiffness of the front springs! Your 2.0 capri weighs more than the QE2 carrying the paverotti family so using only 190lb springs it will dive on heavy braking .....so i am telling you that by getting the propper spring rates on your car will stop dive not a bit of 30 quid bent tin
BIG G Posted October 1, 2008 Report Posted October 1, 2008 I’m not going to argue wit you even though I think you are being rather rude, I think you have ruined what should have been a nice discussion on anti-dive kits so the word disscussion means....... as for ruining it yeah nice one
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