Aoc trackday would be great, Mallory isn't expensive and isn't too bad fir location for most people. Looks great on track nice one on getting out there!
Chunkys Pulsar GTi
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very jealous been wanting to get out on track for sometime looks like car was loving it! Hope there's an AOC trackday soon 
Good updates...
shaggy_master
brapp brapp!
Car looks better now than ever!
Get those springs preloaded a bit more though!
Joe
Get those springs preloaded a bit more though!
Joe
The locking ring that acts as the spring perch Mike. You can wind it up and compress the spring more or less before any of the car's weight is put on it.
more here - http://forums.maxima.org/advanced-s...g-preload-your-bc-coilovers-other-brands.html
Not sure why and when to change the preload though, always thought it was more for when you are corner weighting the car.
more here - http://forums.maxima.org/advanced-s...g-preload-your-bc-coilovers-other-brands.html
Not sure why and when to change the preload though, always thought it was more for when you are corner weighting the car.
I haven't checked but I will and then set it if it's not, the pictures are all in an honest order, the fiesta's were pretty crap tbh, young lads driving them and I out powered mad out handled them all day lol I also outpowered most of the caterhams but they could easily out brake me :/ lol
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I also outpowered most of the caterhams but they could easily out brake me :/ lol....phone....
i'm pretty sure i remember reading that on linear springs like ours increasing pre-load definitely doesn't increase spring rate in any way. Rather it just changes the point at which the spring starts to react to load.
So to my mind increasing preload will actually make the car sit a little higher, cos there's less initial sag.
Everyone always wants to make the car nice n stiff thinking they're improving handling, and while this may work slightly on a smooth as silk track, on anything less perfect like a lot of tracks and definitely roads, it'll be way too stiff and just start skipping over every imperfection and understeering everywhere. Its all very well reducing roll, but not to the point you're sacrificing tyre/road contact and making it all skittish?
I know on B roads and bumpier roads around my area the cars i've had with standard shocks and softer springs would probably be much quicker A-B than when i've had coilovers on them. Depends how much you intend to use the car on track mate, but if it's gonna be used on the road a lot too i wouldn't go making it stiffer or messing with pre-load and things that most of us don't understand lol.
Car looks epic now, love the ph2 front end and bronze rims. Awesome.
So to my mind increasing preload will actually make the car sit a little higher, cos there's less initial sag.
Everyone always wants to make the car nice n stiff thinking they're improving handling, and while this may work slightly on a smooth as silk track, on anything less perfect like a lot of tracks and definitely roads, it'll be way too stiff and just start skipping over every imperfection and understeering everywhere. Its all very well reducing roll, but not to the point you're sacrificing tyre/road contact and making it all skittish?
I know on B roads and bumpier roads around my area the cars i've had with standard shocks and softer springs would probably be much quicker A-B than when i've had coilovers on them. Depends how much you intend to use the car on track mate, but if it's gonna be used on the road a lot too i wouldn't go making it stiffer or messing with pre-load and things that most of us don't understand lol.
Car looks epic now, love the ph2 front end and bronze rims. Awesome.