[s-cars] Suspension/steering stiffness question

[LL - NY]

I pretty well agree with Taka, however you MAY be able to get the shocks
revalved for the
heavier wheels (it means tighter damping rates). It depends upon how much
Bilstein will be
willing to listen to, you'd need an accurate car weight (mass, really),
wheel weights, as accurate
an estimate of unsprung weight components, and corner weights. Dampers CAN
be valved to match
heavier wheels, but if there is a great difference between your winter
wheels and summer wheels,
one season is really going to suffer.

LL - NY - one of those Ideal Bilstein/Eibach combos.

On 4/8/06, Ivan Demkovitch <idemkovitch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I see that you have finally replaced those 15" OEM wheels the car came
> >with! Good.
>
> Igor,
>
> You've seen pictures, too. I guess this new lifestyle makes your memory
> shorter :-)
>
> >IME the only UrS4 that
> >comes close in this respect to your 540i is Mike Zamikhovsky's Silver
> '>94 UrS4 on custom valved Bilsteins w/ custom wound ABT springs which
> >were purchased directly from ABT some 10 years ago.
>
> Well. Taka gave me excellent advice. I think I will do exactly what he
> said.
> I will take my car to race shop and weight 4 corners after what I will
> re-valve my Bilsteins
> for my car weight and H&R springs. Will be custom deal cheaper then new
> shocks.
> I don't have receipts, warranty won't fly for me..
>
> >The fact that your car pulls to the left has nothing to do with the
> >damper. I'd say your alignment is screwed up.
>
> It doesn't. It "feels like it wants to"
> It goes straight, but it can pull slightly to the left on left line and to
> the right on a right line. Hard to explain.
> I just don't feel comfortable constantly adjusting. And it feels heavy. I
> know I shouldn't compare to other car, but it has to be something I can do
> about it...
>
> I connected servotronic as I tried Tom's Green S6 and loved it. It's funny
> but I think steering is too heavy on my car.
> May be it's because I don't have that feedback..
>
> >t's the calipers. The left side binds (or the right side does not
> >develop bull power). Swap the calipers left to right just for the hell
> >of it. I bet a Platinum Russian Standard against a Joaquin's in a dusty
> >plastic bottle from the bottom shelf that after such a swap the car will
> >start pulling to the right.
>
> After I revise suspension - I will try.
> See.. I have another weird artifact. When pulling out of driveway
> backwards (I have slope) I hear this "spring" noise from left rear.
> It sounds like an old mattress. I can also hear it when push on left rear
> corner. Even when car parked on a even pavement it doesn' sit evenly. One
> corner seem to be lower then another.
>
> >> I'm planning to go ahead and replace all rubber pieces I find in
> suspension + shocks + tie rod ends + rear links.
> >Are the tie rod ends and rear Camber links shot? If not, why bother?
>
> FR tie rod have leaking boot. It can be getting close. With expensive
> alignments I'd rather replace them.
> Rear camber links have boots leaking badly. I didn't check for actual play
> though..
>
> I also have some play in drive line. Engine mounts or tranny mounts..
>
> Anyway. Garage project is on a finish stretch. In a month or two I will
> have shiny BendPak on a shiny epoxy floor.
>
> Ivan
>
> ~With Audi where there is no leaks
> (well just a little from a tranny which will be fixed)
>
>
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