DIY corner weight
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:01 am
To make progress on the setting of the suspension for a coming track day, I have purchased a set of eight 150kg weight scales (about ?80 the set, freight included from the far east), and set my car on them, two per wheel with a piece of 10mm plywood to spread the load) :
not as convenient as a professional tool because of the battery saving auto turn-off feature which makes you jumping out of the car and running around in a crammed garage at the sound of the beep if you don't have an assistant, but it does the job for a fraction of the cost. I only had one afternoon to finish off the car before the event, so decided only to alter the rear since the front appeared rather good, and after one pass that seemed to go in the good direction I applied an incremental blind adjustment just before night fall. The goal being to equalize diagonal weights (driver in the car, about half tank).
After reading the forum on the topic, I had elected a stiffer front bar, 176 lb/in front and 120 lb/in rear springs on the konis which were then reset toward the stiff side; for that occasion I also changed the tires for A048 175 60 13 , which resulted in a body height of about 5"1/4 driver in.
I still have to optimize the settings when I get a chance, but as it is and with the new tires I was very pleased yesterday at Monthl?ry.
not as convenient as a professional tool because of the battery saving auto turn-off feature which makes you jumping out of the car and running around in a crammed garage at the sound of the beep if you don't have an assistant, but it does the job for a fraction of the cost. I only had one afternoon to finish off the car before the event, so decided only to alter the rear since the front appeared rather good, and after one pass that seemed to go in the good direction I applied an incremental blind adjustment just before night fall. The goal being to equalize diagonal weights (driver in the car, about half tank).
After reading the forum on the topic, I had elected a stiffer front bar, 176 lb/in front and 120 lb/in rear springs on the konis which were then reset toward the stiff side; for that occasion I also changed the tires for A048 175 60 13 , which resulted in a body height of about 5"1/4 driver in.
I still have to optimize the settings when I get a chance, but as it is and with the new tires I was very pleased yesterday at Monthl?ry.