[s-cars] Suspension/steering stiffness question

[LL - NY]

Good luck with Bilstein. If you can just get to some scales (try a truck
stop or your local SCCA) you'll have
most of the data that you need.

LL - NY

On 4/8/06, Ivan Demkovitch <idemkovitch at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> That is not a problem. Our winter is just a joke here in St. Louis.
>
> In my BMW I also have winter wheels which are lighter and smaller.
> It feels much more softer. If that will be similar - no problem
> whatsoever.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> To: Ivan Demkovitch <idemkovitch at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net>; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2006 1:59:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Suspension/steering stiffness question
>
> 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.
>