suspension update/tires

[vince@performancecarstereo.com (Vince Royer)]

Can we see pics of the new drop?

pleaseee?

Vince

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> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Michael Abatzis
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:43 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: suspension update/tires
>
>
> me and william put on my new suspension last weekend (#3 in a
> year). put in
> h&r race springs, kept my bilstein sports, replaced tie rod ends, ball
> joints, steering rack bushing (autotech sent me the wrong size poly
> bushing--much dremeling to make it fit) and used newly assembled dasher
> mounts.  i have an autotech hollow front sway that's waiting on a
> bracket to
> go on.  the car handled better, but still not as responsive as i'd like.
> part due to mis-alignment, part would be fixed by swaybar, and
> maybe a bit
> because of the POS general tires i've had on there since i had the car i
> thought. today i took it to get aligned/new tires mounted and put
> on my old
> rims with yoko avs (nearly bald) rubber for the drive. damn! the car felt
> TOTALLY different. way more responsive; i couldn't believe the
> difference.
> more noticeably than everything else i'd changed thus far. anyway, put on
> new yoko evs100's and it's a bit less responsive than the avs's. i'm
> thinking it's because of the difference in tread wear. point
> being that the
> tires make a HUGE difference in the feel of the car, and not just at the
> limit.  both tires were the same size, btw. notes;
>
> --my castor for some reason was 0.5' on both sides; specs are
> 1.83 +/-0.5.
> mechanic didn't know what to make of it. all i could think of was bent
> control arm/body, but i wouldn't think it would affect both sides
> equally--does the lower suspension affect castor?
> --race springs/bilsteins lower the car a LOT; i now have maybe an inch of
> tire/fender clearance, whereas with the shine springs i had 2-3". i think
> the dasher mounts have something to do with this, but i'm not crazy about
> it. otoh, it doesn't bottom out like i thought it would. overall,
> the race
> springs are surprisingly drivable.  not nearly as harsh as i
> thought they'd
> be, and the car is more responsive with this setup.  i'm curious
> to see what
> the swaybar will do, once it's on.  i'm not driving it too hard
> now because
> of the new tires+fear of oversteer (big rear bar still on there).
>
>
> -Michael Abatzis
> Hotlanta! GA
> 1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders:
> www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
> 1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...
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