Type 44 Swaybar Questions..or: Listing Like A Spanish Galleon

[jesper moreau]

> "know Jesper Moreau has these on his car, so Jesper, if you're listening:  how do you like >them?

>If I do a brake upgrade like BIRA's or 2Bennets' I'll have to amscre
the stock wheels >entirely.  That's fine."

Listening indeed... I have had my car on the road for a total of 2-3
weeks now. Fully broken in, I am finally just about done honing in the
suspension. I have to tell you, I am very impressed with the handling.
I'm lowered 2" in the front and 1 1/2" in the rear.....ish. I dialed
in my adj. cam adv 4 deg. for some torque aroung the turns so I could
really put these coils to the test. I took it to the serpentine back
roads back by my dads place 300 miles from here. All folks from around
the area heard YEEEEEEEHAAAAAA!!!

No noise!!!  no clunking!!! tight responsive steering. I had ordered
the externally adj. Koni dampers. I think it is the perfect combo...
paring the koni's with the spring rate of the coils. And the
craftsmanship of the overall product was pleasing! Even if I didn't do
all of the Engine mods, I still would want the suspension. I still
feel a touch of sway in the rear. I am currently looking into the s4
rear sway bar to completely eliminate it.  My wife drives our Golf
with a bilstien race coilover set up. That thing is rock solid.... and
it will rock you into back problems for good. The 2B set up is much
more agreeable on the bumpy roads..... but you'll still know it is a
high preformance set up.

Overall.... totally satisfied! I've riden the H&R coils, and the
Eibach coils..and....ehh... but remember, Coils are just that.... they
are coils that are constantly pressing down. Reguardless of the
pressure the swaybar puts on the inner wheel, you still have the coil
pressing out extending the wheel. Where as the coilover at half of
that travel stops extending so inturn that inner corner stays that
much lower. Plus with lowering springs, your camber is thrown off a
bit. A set up like 2B's with camber plates (beautiful) eliminates that
problem and saves your expensive tires.

HTH.... and good luck!!!


Jesper Moreau
'88 5KTQ rocket
'86 5KTQ stocket




On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:30:40 +0000, Alex Kowalski <akowalsk at comcast.net> wrote:
> I've pretty much come to the conclusion that aftermarket suspension modifications for the Type 44 I have are limited to H&R springs, Eibach springs (?) and of course swapping the swaybars...with good dampers in place of the stock units.
> 
> If I'd like to have adjustable ride height and spring rate, the ONLY way to go right now is the 2Bennett coilovers.  And they ain't cheap, but if I'm going to splurge anywhere, it'll probably be the suspension and the brakes.  The engine is fast enough with a QLCC chip and better intercooler ;)
> 
> http://www.2bennett.com
> 
> I know Jesper Moreau has these on his car, so Jesper, if you're listening:  how do you like them?
> 
> If I do a brake upgrade like BIRA's or 2Bennets' I'll have to amscre the stock wheels entirely.  That's fine.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex Kowalski
> '87 5KCSTQ - Even reverse-engineering the suspension won't mean I'll be able to fabricate something better.
> 
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