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03-12-2014, 11:19 PM | #57 |
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I'm well aware of the purpose of the top hat. My question however, if you were to remove the spring and compress the otherwise fully assembled suspension with the spring perch setup for a shorter spring and the body set to its lowest possible setting, does the shock actually run out of travel before the tire runs into things? Quote:
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In the end, the rear shocks bottom out only because of one thing: the RT coilover shock body was sourced from another car's existing coilover parts bin. This ride height "problem" is only found on Ohlins, nothing else. I don't have any issues with it and would highly recommend Ohlins to anyone wanting one of the best street coilovers on the market. -alex |
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But that sounds like it's not the issue here. My original post assumed Ohlins had made the body short enough and the percieved issue was that the spring prech would run into the shock mount but other wise the body its self could go lower. Thus, a shorter spring would allow the perch to go higher and allow additional shock body adjustment. My mistake, this adjustment is constantly done wrong though and I thought that was the case here too. As for getting a different coilover, Ohlins has a lot of advantages. Tweaking spring rates and lengths to match your needs (within reason) isn't really that big of a deal. Some places will reconfigure the Ohlins to custom spring rates too, basically giving you a discount on the new springs. It is extra over the standard Ohlins of course and some places will revalve with it for a discounted price. They end up costing about $1000 more at that point but they do perform well and Ohlins are very well built. |
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In the second pic, the lower mount would only thread another 5mm more, leaving around 20mm of additional lowering on the shock body untouched. Only way to explain this is that it was parts not originally designed for this car, reused for our chassis. I ran into a similar issue with a coilover maker previously for the P10/P11 chassis, and was able to get the manufacturer to source shorter shock bodies for additional lowering (without compromising ride quality) The key here is, if one uses stock wheels and also has a wider range to lower the car with, then it's a win-win. If it rubs because one lowers too much, then that's the car owner's problem with wheel or his/her choice of ride height, not a problem from the coilover itself. -alex |
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He is "frush," not enough camber for "herra frush." Get it right, guys!
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Will this work to a lesser extent using the 1" Raceseng rear top hats? I only need to lower another 1/2" or on my Ohlins on the rear.
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Resurrecting this thread (there's a lot of wealth of info here!). @h4nh if you're still here (or anyone else that may have an answer), why did you stack the two spacers instead of just running the new one Raceseng provided? Can't you extract even more travel by running only the 1? Thanks!
Edit: with this mind...couldn't that mini plate that sits above the bump stop also be removed since the raceseng mount is created to mate directly with the top of the bumpstop anyway?
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