 Coil-overs & Corner Balancing |
 Jul 2, 2010 - 10:45 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jun 20, '10 From Scranton, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%)  |
Coil-overs & Corner Balancing
Hello All, ok I've got a set of Megan coilovers on order. Just waiting for the boat to arrive. Now I've been doing allot of reading on these little pups and besides giving us the ability to drop our rides down to ridiculous lows they have a side benefit of giving us the ability of tuning our suspensions for better handling. Here is one of the pages I found on the subject........... Tech-Tip... Corner Balance From what I've been able to read up on so far, it seams as if getting the car to a 50/50 Left/Right weight distribution with the driver on-board will give us neutral handling. Sounds just like what I need for AutoX. But with our rides being FWD the front to rear is going to be no where near 50/50. So I'm wondering have any of the members of this board ever played with weight distribution with their coilovers? And if so what did you find out. Also I'm wondering if anyone has a set of corner scales they might be willing to rent out when I get my coilovers in? Best, Roger |
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Jul 9, 2010 - 11:32 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 16, '07 From covington, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (77%) |
Thanks Tiga, yes I was making that statement.
The only way to really get 50/50 is to either make the celica into an mr or add more weight to the trunk (the second option you have the added weight issue). There is only so many thing you can shift to the back(battery, reservoirs, fuse boxes) and only so much added necessary weight (roll cage, rear under suports, wider back wheels). After everything done an said your still not going to be at 50/50 just because its FWD and all its main weight is still in the front. |
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Jul 10, 2010 - 12:40 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (hatchy_gt-s @ Jul 9, 2010 - 9:32 AM)  Thanks Tiga, yes I was making that statement. The only way to really get 50/50 is to either make the celica into an mr or add more weight to the trunk (the second option you have the added weight issue). There is only so many thing you can shift to the back(battery, reservoirs, fuse boxes) and only so much added necessary weight (roll cage, rear under suports, wider back wheels). After everything done an said your still not going to be at 50/50 just because its FWD and all its main weight is still in the front. 50/50 is not the perfect weight distribution. The weight distribution depends on the driver's style and what platform it is (fwd/rwd awd). |
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RvA944 Coil-overs & Corner Balancing Jul 2, 2010 - 10:45 PM
Tigawoods a proper corner balancing should be done at a shop... Jul 4, 2010 - 11:31 AM RvA944 Mike are you saying the average backyard mechinic ... Jul 4, 2010 - 12:11 PM hatchy_gt-s My first question is this an AutoX car only or a D... Jul 4, 2010 - 2:04 PM RvA944 hey hatchy,
It's going to be more of a someti... Jul 4, 2010 - 2:09 PM Tigawoods what he is probably getting at is that corner bala... Jul 6, 2010 - 9:26 PM RvA944 Could very well be, but I'm curious as to what... Jul 6, 2010 - 11:09 PM
hatchy_gt-s No 50/50 means 50% of the weight is on the front t... Jul 10, 2010 - 12:56 PM Tigawoods they can also throw some sacks of sand in the driv... Jul 10, 2010 - 5:29 PM RvA944 well these little cars where running are FWD so I ... Jul 10, 2010 - 5:47 PM hatchy_gt-s Left to right should be pretty easy. Remember that... Jul 11, 2010 - 11:53 AM RvA944 Will do Hatchy, just as soon as my coilovers come ... Jul 11, 2010 - 5:20 PM Tigawoods when are the coilovers coming in? maybe you can ha... Jul 12, 2010 - 9:38 PM
RvA944 I just read on the Megan GB thread they woun't... Jul 12, 2010 - 10:03 PM |
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