Eyesoreracing wrote:Did you also space the springs back up on the estate, or are you riding low?
The trick on our car was disabling an extra coil with the tapered perch, raising the car back up, and gaining usable travel with the softer bump stops. Miatas with just cut springs are terrible, and we laugh at them every time we go by.
-D
All 928's come with adjustable coil overs stock....with threaded perches....so we had to tighten up the collars quite a bit on the estate....the hard part is one of the collars was frozen to the shock body...we literally had to cut it off.....then weld it back together....whats even more surprising is it STILL WORKS.....we adjusted it the other day!! :>)
I also concur with RAISING RIDE HEIGHT....when we 1st cut the springs the Estate was SLAMMED to the bump stops and the suspension was far to harsh....every time we raised it the suspension got better and better and so did the handling...less abrupt and more controlled.....the bummer is our old springs sag during the race...so we have to tighten them up after every race....eventually we will run out of adjustment :>( But there is plenty for at least a few more races
I didn't notice it as much at Sears, since its a smoother track than Thunderhill....but you can really feel the difference there since there are bumps mid corner than can really upset the car if its too low....
Richard Doty
1984 Porsche 928 "Estate"
Porsche- "there is A substitute" Racing
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