Velox vs Raceseng Camber Plates

[bucketfoot]

Thanks for the feedback, have ordered the Velox/Versus plates and am getting an appointment setup to have them installed and the car aligned!

Looking forward to being able to at least somewhat minimize tire wear when I track the car (had huge issue with outer edge wear on my old BMW)!

[ZDan]

Originally Posted by RotARy15

How bad is the loss of bump stroke? I'm installing Raceseng plates on Sachs dampers and stock springs this week and I plan on staying with those components for at least the fall track day season.

You're probably fine with that setup. I ran Swift lowering springs that lowered the car ~1.5" front and 1.25" rear, and it was a disaster with the Raceseng plates. I cut the bump stops down from 60mm to ~22mm, and also had 6mm (1/4" maybe?) spring spacers fabbed to gain back some front bump travel. Those improved things *a lot*, but still almost undriveable on the street. Smallest bump = BAM! You should have on the order of an inch more bump travel than I did though, which I think will be fine.

I thought I saw that someone measured a 1mm rise in ride height with the Raceseng plates but there was no mention of whether the upper spring perch and upper damper rod mounting point were independently relocated.

If anything, it seems to me the Raceseng plates with stock-diameter perches *lowered* my front end, something on the order of 1/8" to 1/4". vs. what I expected with the Swift springs. I think the relative damper rod and spring perch heights are the same *at the spring*, but in the middle of the spring perch there's a radial bearing that takes up ~15-25mm of bump travel.

Ultimately I replaced the sachs dampers with Bilstein B8s, and they apparently have a ton more bump travel, it's no problem at all now even at -1.25"! In retrospect I would have gone with RCE Yellows or Tarmacs at slightly higher ride height to have more bump travel. As it is I'm running lower than my time-trial competition's same-year 86, at his preferred height on adjustable Ohlins coilovers!

[Deezsniderz]

Originally Posted by bucketfoot

Thanks for the feedback, have ordered the Velox/Versus plates and am getting an appointment setup to have them installed and the car aligned!

Looking forward to being able to at least somewhat minimize tire wear when I track the car (had huge issue with outer edge wear on my old BMW)!

How has that setup been for you? I’m considering the same, hoping it’s not rough daily driving

[bucketfoot]

Originally Posted by Deezsniderz

How has that setup been for you? I’m considering the same, hoping it’s not rough daily driving

It's been great, no issues at all with daily driving.

[Deezsniderz]

Originally Posted by bucketfoot

It's been great, no issues at all with daily driving.

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