Track people: How do you setup your coilovers initially

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Re: Track people: How do you setup your coilovers initially

Postby timk » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:03 pm

davekmoore wrote:
timk wrote:Dave, I'm pretty sure blackster put Tein Flex in your car, so it will have height adjustment and preload adjustment separately.


That's correct. Height, and one other adjustment on the knobs on the tops of the shocks. Set at 0 for the road and 16 for the track. Seems to work ok. Happy to hear of alternatives.


Sorry I was talking about spring preload adjustment. It will be a second adjustment on the shock body.

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Re: Track people: How do you setup your coilovers initially

Postby davekmoore » Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:28 pm

timk wrote:
davekmoore wrote:
timk wrote:Dave, I'm pretty sure blackster put Tein Flex in your car, so it will have height adjustment and preload adjustment separately.


That's correct. Height, and one other adjustment on the knobs on the tops of the shocks. Set at 0 for the road and 16 for the track. Seems to work ok. Happy to hear of alternatives.


Sorry I was talking about spring preload adjustment. It will be a second adjustment on the shock body.


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Re: Track people: How do you setup your coilovers initially

Postby Jeo » Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:40 pm

There will be 3 collars on the shock body; top two to adjust spring preload, bottom to adjust height.

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Re: Track people: How do you setup your coilovers initially

Postby JBT » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:35 pm

davekmoore wrote:If it's there it's well hidden.
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Re: Track people: How do you setup your coilovers initially

Postby davekmoore » Mon Dec 31, 2012 5:46 pm

Jeo wrote:There will be 3 collars on the shock body; top two to adjust spring preload, bottom to adjust height.


Gotya. This is set as per factory recommendations after heaps of experimentation. This makes it reasonably comfortable on the road and reasonably stiff on the track.
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