Wishbone suspension bolt on kit

[volkdent]

WOW, Just found this...not bolt on, but they are working on a Type 1 version apparently. I suggested they make it bolt on, if you feel this might be up your alley let Kevin know.



Mendeola S2 Chassis

Jason

[evilC]

Now, that looks like a properly designed system!

My only observation is that the bottom of the coilovers looks vulnerable so its a track/smooth highway vehicle only. However, it ought not to be too difficult to move the whole unit up with shorter coil overs (if available) or even use a rocker and put the units inboard......... It could also do with some nice rose/heim/spherical joints to replace the squidgy poly bushes for some real control.

Clive

[volkdent]

UBR DUB saw its first autocross this weekend. She was a bit of a handful, as you can see LOTS of roll, plus without LSD, the inner rear wheel would spin really easily on exits. I'm going to bolt up the stock Golf II sway bar and see what that does, then go bigger from there, and finally add a front bar.



Jason

[Humble]

Nice! So besides the wheelspin and body roll how'd you do?

[volkdent]

Kind of in the middle. The fastest car was a Super 7 knockoff with 12" Avon slicks and a V8, one of the slowest a VW New Beetle.

There was a guy who competes there regularily with a Chrysler Crossfire with sticky tires, and I think we had the same time. I ended up with a best run of 46.8s, the slick guys were 42-44s, and many in the 48-51s.

For street tires and it's first outing, I was pretty impress. Tire temps were even accross, let out a little more air, she's sitting right at 1990 lbs now, so with 205s up front and 255s in the rear, I was down to about 27psi.

I need to get the rear swaybar on and see how that affects things.

Jason

[evilC]

Jason,

What's your tyre temps front/rear? I wonder if you need a stiffer front bar before adding a rear? It doesn't look as though you have too much understeer.

Clive

[volkdent]

As I remember they were about 97 deg. It's not so much about grip on the front, although I did get some understeer, the main problem was getting power down due to roll. I don't have a LSD yet, so I would be just spinning the inside tire unless I waited for the car to settle, so I'd like to keep the rear wheels planted better. My weight distribution is 60/40, so I thought I'd start with the stock small front bar in the back and see what it did for me.

I've not had ANY experience with sway bar selection besides just purchasing uprated one's for various cars over the years, so I'm in the dark as to what I'll get from what I add.

Jason