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No prob. Also wanted to edit that should have said "shouldn't wear bad" lol.
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GSpeed or Doghouse at MSR Cresson, but they may be too far to be worth a drive. I would find an old fashioned alignment shop, locally I go to a 'brake and alignment' shop whose clientele is probably 70 percent pickup trucks. I get exactly what I want for $75 and it takes the guy 30 minutes tops to perform all the work.
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CSG and RCE tag-team suspension Q&A thread! Ask us anything!
I’m sending a set of coilovers for rebuild. For AST 5100. It has the option of Double Digressive Pistons. What are the benefits of this option? I have not used this set of coilovers before. I got them from a friend but needs rebuilding since one shocks is leaking. It is an opportunity that I see that can help me learn more about suspension when I move on from the stocks. Car is a daily, occasional canyon drives, 1-2 track at this time and soon will see more track days (4-5 annually and slowly going for more). Suggestions and information will be appreciated!
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I'm fighting the age old question: Springs and Struts, or Coilovers?
When I do a search and read through old threads, I see a ton of consensus that "coils will never be as comfortable as springs and struts". In some of the newer threads though, I'm seeing claims that good modern coilovers can simultaneously handle better than stock, and be more forgiving in daily driver situations. I'm building up my car to be both comfortable and forgiving as a daily car, but also hopefully handle a little tighter than stock for canyon runs and AutoX (STX class, driven by a potato in a helmet). I assume that means enough dampening to not be underdamped at high Hz for road bumps, but stiff enough to hold the road at lower Hz for cornering? (Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm an electrical guy, I slept through Mechanics 1) So are the newer mid-range coilovers capable of providing both when properly adjusted? (Tein Flex A's, Ohlins Road and Track, KW V3s, etc). Or is the answer still Eibachs and Konis for handling without rattling teeth out? |
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coilovers. Remember, a coilover is literally, a spring and a strut, but usually at least somewhat paired up better than a haphazard combination. |
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If your wheel motion is controlled by upper and lower control arms and the "suspending" part of the suspension (spring and damper) consists of a single assembly it's a coilover. If you have upper and lower control arms and separate springs and shock absorbers you have a 1970 Chevelle. Thus, on our cars the front unit is a strut. What makes it a coilover is the adjustable spring perch and the fact that we call it a "coilover." ????? Our rear units are coil overs from the factory. What makes them "coilovers" from a marketing perspective is the fact that we call them "coilovers." My mid-oughts F-150 uses a coilover on the front. My '70 Chevelle SS used a conventional/archaic upper/lower control arm with separate springs and shocks (at the front) like most other domestic iron of the period. ???????
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Coilover "type" suspension is literally a coil spring over a damper. There are many types and configurations of coilovers. A mcpherson strut is a specific type of suspension setup. A porpoise is a dolphin, but a dolphin doesn't have to be a porpoise. |
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06-13-2019, 08:54 AM | #3638 |
Yeah Mike got it. Our cars come with coilovers, meaning the coil (spring) is over the shock. That's it.
We have struts in the front, which means the shock body is a suspension arm. We have conventional shocks in the rear. In the aftermarket suspension world, coilovers has come to mean height adjustable. IMO there are crap coilovers and good shock and spring combos (and vice versa). Impossible to say "coilovers are better" because you sure can screw that up too. - Andrew |
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