Wishbone suspension bolt on kit

Troy_Audio · #1 June 30th 2005, 21:08

Sounds like my style...
Slammed on 17's
Willing to go the extra mile for 5miles of turns ..
Peace Troy

pure55vw · #2 July 1st 2005, 00:45

Looks incredible, Jason! Finally all the hard work is starting to really come together. My project (pictures in the "suspension gallery") has been on the road for about a year now (about 2K miles) and I've been able to solve the early problems and "tweak" a few other things along the way. I'm sure you can't wait to check out your set up on the road, as well. Will you be adding an anti-roll bar?

**volkdent** · #3 July 1st 2005, 01:37

Pure55, I'm sure an anti-roll bar will come into play soon enough, but for now it's a matter of making it work properly the way it is then adding as is needed. How did you determine how much anti-roll was needed?

Jason

pure55vw · #4 July 2nd 2005, 01:19

I just measured the torsional stiffness of the front bar off a super (which I was using at the time) and used that as the starting point, since weight distribution in my car is similar. It was also important, in my design, to keep reasonable ride quality. When I changed to the "de-coupled" front bar, it was a matter of finding another one that fit and had roughly the same torsional rate. On the horizon, though, is a switch to an adjustable bar. The one on there now is working well, but I want to explore the effects of a larger bar..

Jay

**volkdent** · #5 July 7th 2005, 22:44

Just getting the final upper shock position squared away. It turned out we had less bump travel than we needed, so the shock mount is being redesigned to be a few mm higher and account for a bump stop as well.

Jason

hugovw1976 · #6 July 9th 2005, 19:50

Were you buy the coilovers and how much?

Dou you calculate the spring rate?

**volkdent** · #7 July 10th 2005, 00:36

The coilovers are QA1s. I think Carrera bought them out of vice versa. I think the model is Proma Star. I havn't bought the springs yet as I'm waiting to get the car all together so I can weigh it.

Here's my shock. Since I bought mine they've introduced a double-adjustable one too, rebound and compression.

http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...7&autoview=sku

For the money it is a very good shock, but if you really want to spend some cash, try Ohlins.

Jason

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