RE: do i have to get a bigger rollbar if i get the 2Bennett setup?

[quattro <quattro@acacianet.com>]

I think you can go some lower than stock with no ill effects, just don't get carried away and go for that 'slammed' look. Chances are that suspension travel will be the limiter on how low you can go with the spring rates you have. You don't want to be hitting the bump stops all the time. Do have it aligned _after_ the drop. You will be able to tell if the camber is bad due to being excessively low and you can then adjust the height appropriately right there to get acceptable camber. (about 1 degree negative)

-glen


Luis Marques decided to speak these words:

>Stiff springs will help a lot in controlling body roll and maintaining an
>optimum contact patch, but weight transfer is still a function of how high 
>the
>center of gravity is and how fast you are turning (and how wide is the car). 
>The only way to improve the situation here is to lower the center of 
>gravity. 
>That said, a car at stock ride height with a properly tuned suspension that
>maintains an optimum contact patch will run circles around a lowered car 
>with a
>screwed-up suspension that doesn't.


Which brings up my situation.  Im installing the 2b coilover setup and i 
have to decide what height i want to run.  I think i have decided to just 
run stock ride height as lowering it has so many negative effects and so 
few positive ones.  with 325lb springs up front and 275 lb ones in the 
rear, my car wont be rolling much anyway, so i think that in my 
situation, stock is the best compromise.  What do you guys think?

later...


Michael Sheridan Williams
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