Originally Posted by emilio700
(Post 848337)
Stroke (not travel) is 103mm front, 120mm rear. Damper body lengths, stops and mounts are configured to allow a 225/45/15 on our 9" wheel to hit the front shock tower bulge with about 5-10mm interference with -3° camber. This overlap was designed in to allow a bit more bump travel with narrower 205's on 8" wheels. Our enduro cars all have polished tubs and a nice wedge of rubber under there.
On a Miata at 4" with the 225/45 on our 9" combo, almost all the stroke is used up with sag, very little bump travel left. At rest, there is usually only 10mm or so left before the stop is engaged up front. On paper that sounds shaky. On track, it drowns in win soup. |
Suspension theory question-if you have a 7 inch spring with some preload on the rear isn't that enough to extend the shock on dips and broken pavement? And isn't the unsprung weight enough to continue to extend the shock once the spring is totally extended?
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Originally Posted by wannafbody
(Post 859194)
Suspension theory question-if you have a 7 inch spring with some preload on the rear isn't that enough to extend the shock on dips and broken pavement? And isn't the unsprung weight enough to continue to extend the shock once the spring is totally extended?
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Originally Posted by wannafbody
(Post 859194)
Suspension theory question-if you have a 7 inch spring with some preload on the rear isn't that enough to extend the shock on dips and broken pavement? And isn't the unsprung weight enough to continue to extend the shock once the spring is totally extended?
Originally Posted by EErockMiata
(Post 860195)
a 7" spring is long enough where you'd start to run into problems with spring bind...
http://vimeo.com/37469352 |
^ Great video :)
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Originally Posted by lassi
(Post 860441)
Originally Posted by owenwilliams
(Post 860446)
^ Great video :)
related: is the motion ratio of the miata ~1.6? |
I think Brain and others have had issues with softer 6 inch springs.
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Originally Posted by wannafbody
(Post 860684)
I think Brain and others have had issues with softer 6 inch springs.
Fronts are fine with 6" springs, even have some compression left on the helpers with car static on the ground. 7" in the rear gives me my desired ride height, but need extra bushing on shaft to have enough droop available to let the helper do more than beeing a spring spacer. Also full droop is most likely way out of range of of the chassis ability to move independently with the rear swaybar connected. I will make new video with the new spring locators and 6" springs along with FM`s tophat spacers to see if it will put the suspension in the correct range of motion. Maybe what the MSM`s should really have is a heavier rate helper... |
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