Ride Height For best Handling

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:04 pm

Best place to measure is at the pinch welds, it makes for more consistent measuring.

khlmx5 · Postby **khlmx5** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:32 pm

thanks guys for quick reply. By the way, what is pinch welds?

does anyone know why na6 stock height is lower at the rear but modification often lower more at the front? what improvement would this make?

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:56 pm

Have a look here http://949racing.com/miata-race-alignment-info.aspx

khlmx5 · Postby **khlmx5** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:12 pm

Good info from that link. Thanks foor sharing.

Its quite techical for me to understamd all of it but will definitely ll look into it more

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:09 am

Hopefully this will help as well. Ride height, amongst other things effects COG and weight transfer. If changing anything make sure you keep a notebook and record what the car feels like after the changes. Also only make 1 change at a time. Last track day I set the fronts 1.5 psi lower than the rear, car weighted 16 kg less, had different front shocks and put the sway bar on full soft. Result new PB however what change caused the PB?

http://www.mazdaontrack.co.uk/setting-up-suspension-and-handling-69-c.asp

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:19 am

Magpie wrote: Result new PB however what change caused the PB?

The moon was full.

khlmx5 · Postby **khlmx5** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:59 am

Can your sway bar adjust stiffness? Do you adjust by changing the thickness of the bar?

My car is actually completely stock atm. If i were to buy a set of spring and shock then there is little adjustability. Is coilover always to best recommendation in terms of overall usability ?
What is the upside of spring shock combo

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:06 am

Have a read of some of the recent coilover threads from this forum:

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=63439

Is a good one to start with.

Do a search on here, on miata.net and have a read of 949 and Flyin' miata's websites.
There's a lot to digest, but it's hard to make an informed purchase without all the knowledge available.