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Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:21 am
by the_darkside
Just wanted to know what people set theirs at.
A) What suspension do you have?
B) What is your damper setting at, out of?
C) Do you change it depending on what you're doing?
D) What else do you have that would play a part on why you set yours where you do?
I know this is very general but i'm just curious.
A) BC BR coilovers.
B) Front: 18 from hard, out of 30.
Rear: 24 from hard, out of 30.
C) Not really, its my daily, I would if i didn't have to always take out the spare.
D) The roll bar made a massive difference, aswell as being quite low so when I have it too hard the smallest bump caused the back end to jump up and slide out if I was taking the corner hard.
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:26 am
by NitroDann
the_darkside wrote:Just wanted to know what people set theirs at.
A) What suspension do you have?
HKS Hippermax 3 Circuits
B) What is your damper setting at, out of? Right now, 6 from hardest front, 8 frpm hardest rear, 32 settings.
C) Do you change it depending on what you're doing? Absolutely.
D) What else do you have that would play a part on why you set yours where you do?
Well under 900kg, adjustable whiteline swaybars, 90 duro rating race bushes etc
I know this is very general but i'm just curious.
A) BC BR coilovers.
B) Front: 18 from hard, out of 30. These settings are not even close to transferable.
Rear: 24 from hard, out of 30.
C) Not really, its my daily, I would if i didn't have to always take out the spare.
D) The roll bar made a massive difference, aswell as being quite low so when I have it too hard the smallest bump caused the back end to jump up and slide out if I was taking the corner hard. This is because you are on the bumpstops.
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:11 am
by the_darkside
Thanks for the advice, but I wasn't on the bump stops, my wheel scrapes the guard first, which is why I had it set where it was, and I'm mainly asking out of curiosity, so thanks for you're reply
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:48 pm
by Charlie Brown
the_darkside wrote:
I know this is very general but i'm just curious.
Very general because of all the different shocks out there and the multitude of settings depending on spring rates and pre load but here goes:
An NC with Tein Flex 5kg front, 4kg rear.
15mm preload front and 10mm rear.
FatCat bumpstops.
16 position settings. Front 5 from full soft, rear 3 from full soft on the road. Just enough to control bounce. Track setting are a secret but hard, depending on track, tyre pressure, temperature and my driving on the day.
Biggest mistake I made: Not putting enough preload in originally and riding on the bumpstops (original Tein's) too much. In other words, too much droop.
Biggest improvement: preload and FatCat's.
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:03 pm
by NitroDann
Lol 16 damper settings bit they are secret still, 1 in 16 chance of just guessing it:P
Dann
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:43 pm
by Tedsmx5
NitroDann wrote:Lol 16 damper settings bit they are secret still, 1 in 16 chance of just guessing it:P
Dann
Dann's not sure himself as he can only count up to 6
if he knew he would have to kill himself anyway, you left yourself open to that one mate .
My AGX KYB are set to 4 they adjust from 1 to 8.
Ted
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:50 pm
by NitroDann
I dont get it...
Dann
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:41 am
by Okibi
My NB has tien flex 7kg front 6 rear set to teins recommended setting, racing beat tubular front and solid rear, torsen II, because a stiffer rear sway makes the NB pretty taily I tend to have the rear set pretty soft compared to the front
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:42 am
by the_darkside
Oh, i'm in an NA and its 6kg rear, 8kg front.
Re: Your damper setting?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:37 am
by MINX
Many variables in this, but I will put my 2c in for the record.
SE with few stiffening mods, MX5 + Bar etc.
Racing Beat 1.125 Front bar, std SE rear bar.
BC Racing Coilovers 8/6kg
DD duties, and if I pass it to Lisa to drive, 15/15 (from 30)
My DD and round town duties, and evn club twisty mountain runs 12/12(from 30)
Swap on the Hankook RS-3s and off to Lakeside
Full Hard/Full Hard
Qld Raceway, maybe 6/6 from hard.