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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
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Originally Posted by sperry
Grrr.... that's so far away! I'm already dreading the bumpy ride. 
Maybe if I get some progressive springs on the car before then.... |
I wouldn't get progressive springs if I were you... it'll just make for a non-linear response when you turn the car into a corner. In my opinion, most of the ride quality you feel in a car is dictated by the shock damping, not the spring rates... our race car has pretty stiff linear rate springs on the front and it still has a decent ride down the street. |
Well, then I need much softer linear springs... because my car's underdamped like a mutha... 'course then I'll be back having a bunch of body roll again...
To be honest, I'm not 100% what's wrong with my suspension. I know that over the small bumps (esp. on the freeway) the car hops around like a biotch. I've tried every which way on the damper adjustment, and the softer I go the more it bounces, so I have to assume it's not overdamped, and I'm actually bouncing on the springs, not the tires. I'd really like a helper spring or a progressive spring that's like 180 to 200lb/in for small bumps that quickly ramps up to 450 on anything but the smallest bumps.
I'll live with the loss of turn-in crispness if it means I can drive the car on the highway for more than an hour without getting so fatigued and sea-sick I need to find a rest-stop. Seriously, I was *spent* after spending 5 hours in the car on Sunday... physically worn out from having to sit in a bumpy car.
I'd even consider some nice soft springs for the off-season if I knew if my dampers went soft enough to work with 'em.
Of course, it could be that my dampers need to be "recharged"... not that I want to spend the money/downtime to send them to JIC to have the gas recharged. I figure, springs are a pretty cheap thing to try out...