steve m
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 07:54 AM |
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better handling with 2 in the car
Has any one else found that their car handles so much better with 2 people in their locost ??
I had not really noticed this before, but having spent most of the weekend "blapping" about two up,
It handles better round corners, and in a straight line behaves much better
when I am on me own the car can be quite vague
I am not sure which way to adjust my car , for 2 up or just me
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locoboy
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 08:05 AM |
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Mine is better with 2 in it, it just feels far more predictable than the bouncy bouncy feeling you sometimes get on uneven roads with just the driver
in it.
ATB
Locoboy
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steve m
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 08:21 AM |
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yep thats the word "bouncey bouncey"
glad some one else has experianced this anomoly
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 08:58 AM |
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My totally unqualified guess is that an additional 75kg approx on one side must make a huge difference to a car that only weighs around 600kg.
David
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locoboy
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 08:59 AM |
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Some of the newly laid roads are a joy to drive one up but the majority of them round my way anyway are best with 2 in the car.
ATB
Locoboy
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 09:02 AM |
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I agree with the bouncy bouncy but I think it's because my car is set up fo two. If I wind the preload off the rear it cures a lot of it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 11:19 AM |
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How about 50 - 75 kg of ballast in the passenger seat?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 02:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
How about 50 - 75 kg of ballast in the passenger seat?
Yeah, preferably some blonde ballast with big t!ts and a strong left leg for reversing
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steve m
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 03:08 PM |
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Dave
yes please (I can tell you how I did it if you're interested.)
It made a big difference, and to me at least it's been pretty damn good since.
dont get me wrong, my car is great to drive and is the best" toy" since xmas
but some roads, can be quite demanding
what type of things did you do to shox to alleviate this problem
I do have fully adjustable avo's all round
regards
steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 07:55 PM |
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Dave,
Great advice, I am thinking of making 3mm shims to raise and lower the rack, and elongated holes to maintain the longditudinal dimension.
Do you think that 3mm would be too coarse? would the elongated holes be a waste of time?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 10:06 PM |
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It feels like the Queen Mary, a super lightweight it ain't!!
I was going to make shims up to place over the angled mounts and bolt the rack on top. I could measure the deflection on the Hunter (next bay to where
I'm building!) as I add more shims until I can see the bumpsteer decreasing. The machine should interpolate for me so I can go straight to the
required number of shims after 2 measurements.
The castor measurement should be interesting!
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/4/04 at 10:12 PM |
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Hunter show here.........
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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steve m
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| posted on 21/4/04 at 02:34 PM |
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Dave
thank you for the indepth answers
on my next day off (after stoneleigh) I will have a go at changing the settings
BTW
If you go out 2 up or on your own do you change any settings ??
regards
steve
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GO
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| posted on 21/4/04 at 03:03 PM |
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Yeah nice one Dave, nice straight forward explanation. 
Just hope I can find this thread when I'm somewhere near setting my suspension up!!
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