Found this over on the Fly and thought I'd post this up and get your impressions. It definitely makes some assumptions, but perhaps if you bought a double adjustable suspension and don't know what to do, it might help.
- J
PS: Attachments seem to be disabled at the moment?
If you meant how can you print this, right-click on one of the charts, select copy, open Word (or OpenOffice, or WordPad), right-click and select paste, then print. Do the same for the other chart.
The flowchart was found on Roadfly, originally published in "Competition Car Suspension" and written by Greg Simmons of Spa Design/Penske.
I find some things interesting, like the suggestion to stiffen the front sway bar to reduce mid corner understeer. Wonder if some of the suggestions would actually produce the opposite result on the Elise.
In any case, I await the suggestions of the experts!
The flowchart was found on Roadfly, originally published in "Competition Car Suspension" and written by Greg Simmons of Spa Design/Penske.
I find some things interesting, like the suggestion to stiffen the front sway bar to reduce mid corner understeer. Wonder if some of the suggestions would actually produce the opposite result on the Elise.
In any case, I await the suggestions of the experts!
I agree with Vantage, some of the recommendations seem backwards, particularly the shock rebound adjustments. I'd guess that the bit in the BMW chart about stiffening the front swaybar to reduce understeer has something to do with the lousy camber compensation of the MacPherson strut suspension that is used on their cars. I've noticed that the Penske shock manual says more or less the same thing regarding the shock adjustments though. I wonder if it's due to some peculiarity of the cars they primarily deal with?
I know on my S2000 that if I want more lift-throttle oversteer, I stiffen the rear (low speed) rebound. It makes the car turn in like a champ. I'm using Penske shocks, too!
Does anyone know of some air deflectors that fit the Elige S2 front control arms? Not averse to cutting metal or plastic to build my own but first checking to see if this has been done previously.
I would like some help on the removal of the ball joint on the upper A arm. My rubber cover is leaking and I need to replace the ball joint. I have the front suspension apart but cannot seem to get the ball joint out of the the A arm. Is there a trick to its removal?
Thanks
If you've got 16" wheels all around please post many photos! Especially S2's.
I want to know what a non-staggered setup looks like. I'm planning to do it but worried the rear wheel will look tiny and ruin the awesome proportions 😞
They're both vastly superior to whatever comes from factory and pros and cons are already well known, but I'm more curious about long term effects and especially NVH.
I'm under the impression that if you do any street driving, plastic bushings are recommended over spherical bearings due to...
With the Toyo R888 we Evora owners with 18 inch wheels had an ideal rake angle setup with 235/40R18 fronts and 275/40R18 rears. The R888r's don't have our rear fitment. I was lucky enough to get a few extra sets of R888's for the rear and ran R888r's up front for past 2 seasons. Frankly, almost...
A forum community dedicated to all Lotus owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about performance, modifications, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more!
