the 80Q track Q's (redux)

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Iain, thanks for clarifying that coil overs are not _fundamentally_ better
than standard coil springs.

I want to be clear that IME, a 2Bennett style coil over modification in an
Audi allows more travel due to the inherintly better adjustability.  If stock
coils were available in 50lb increments and had an adjustable perch, then
similar results could be had.  Also, characteristically, the 2.5" springs
tend not to bind and bottom as easy as the stretched variable rate coils
offered by HR and Eibach, etc, and thus can result in a punishing ride and
poor handling on especially irregular surfaces.

I think for anyone who would like to create a suspension tuned to their
application should consider coil overs as a must do as opposed to mass
produced spring coils that don't do anything particularily well.

Javad

In a message dated 5/8/2003 3:11:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mannix at rmsolo.org writes:

> Coilovers do not inherently work better than stock-style springs.
> They're a smaller diameter (2.5" or 55mm, typically, depending
> on a few things - some formula cars use smaller diameters than
> that).
>
> Coilovers tend to be a smidge lighter.  They typically have
> threaded perches, so you can adjust ride height and corner
> weights.  They don't function any better, though - the car
> cannot tell a difference between a 2.5" diameter spring and
> a stock diameter spring in the same rate.
>
> Another possibility - have springs custom made to fit in the
> stock perches.  Takes longer, but you get to use stock mounting
> stuff (good and bad), they fit in the stock location(good), no
> corner weight/ride height adjustments(bad).
>