Monday, January 05, 2009 - 04:11 pm, by: Cihan Aday(Cihan)
Grant, Hope things are well
My personal experience with adjustable shocks;
Find a nice small speed bump to test settings.
Aim for a clean rebound which is where the shocks will perform best in comparison to the spring weight.
Too high a setting will make the car unstable and uncomfortable over uneasy surfaces. Also multiplies traction issues over uneven surfaces and wears the shock quicker.
Too low a setting will let the springs oscillate and bottom out too easily. Makes for a bouncy ride.
Don't drop the ride height too far, just causes problems with travel.
An easy test; when the shock is matched you will hear but barely feel going over lane divider / reflectors for example. With a stiff shock you'll know all about it.
I haven't personally tried the HA's in my own car, but they're very common and im sure someone willing to part with some tips has tried them on the track. I've driven a number of soarer's with coilovers and they've almost always been much too stiff for a street car. HA's are generally quite nicely matched if im not mistaken.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 07:18 am, by: Grant Rowan(Booster13psi)
I have them set at the lowest dampening setting all round at the moment. It’s a quite soft ride, I was surprised. I thought it would be a lot harder with the Tein’s even on the lowest dampening settings. I did however have lowered springs on my Tems and they were fairly hard. What I am looking for is some base dampening adjustment for compensating understeer. The old Soarer is quite nose heavy and on the track she just wants to keep going straight.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 10:04 pm, by: Andrew Meiers(Acmtt)
Grant mine are set close to the softest setting as well for street use. Track i have used them in the centre setting, 8 clicks , same on front and back. I was happy with the ride.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 04:28 pm, by: Andrew Meiers(Acmtt)
Set it up and try it out on a corner you can do safely. Then the same corner at other settings after to evaluate. I was happy on these settings, let us know what you settle on though.