LOL!

Show cars on the track.......fackastupiddatone!

 

I have Cusco Zero 2E coilovers, they were installed from the box with no adjustment (they were all equal height), do you think I should raise them a little.

 

Not sure sir...depends on the shock travel on those.

I hear there's a way to measure that with a couple zip ties but don't know the exact way.

You basically just want to make sure you're getting the total useable shock travel allowed by your setup. What happens is you give the shocks enough room to operate the way they're supposed to (control/regulate bound and rebound).

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/te...t_1/index.html Here's a pretty good write up and I THINK they talk about that zip tie trick.

The best thing about Coilovers is that you can set the ride height to make maximum use of your shock travel.

 

Found it:

"Make sure your car doesn't use the bump stops under maximum cornering load. The easy way to detect this problem is with a zip-tie telltale on the shock shaft. If the zip-tie is pushed up flush or into the bump stop after a hard turn, then your car is using the bump stops every time you corner hard."

From the above link.

 

Useful posts FTW!!

 

Thanks for the info Blake. I have no qualms of the way it currently handles. Its just the low ride height that I am concerned with. I have heard that there are actual recomended ride heights. I definitely would like to run a v-limited lip on my car, but at it's current height I would have to be one of those cars that would have to do those acrobatic moves just to go over speed bumps. As far as Subarus at autocross, I think I am one of the lowest, ideally I would like to raise it about half an inch, but I'll probably do it when I need another alignment.

 

diego, the travel on your cusco's shouldn't be affected by changing the ride height as the height adjustment is made on the strut body and not by the changing of the spring height. so long as you don't loosen you coilover pre-load, your strut travel remains the same. the only issue you need to worry about is rubbing the fender wells or the tires rubbing the coilovers (if you have too much negative camber). i've already had issues with rubbing the insides of my fenders and had to raise my ride height twice to get what works for auto-x. hope this helps.

ty

 

Thanks Ty, after you showed me how to change the camber on the fronts, the car literally woke-up (Stephen didn't totally kick my butt like the last time). Being that I only run 225s I don't have any rubbing issues front and rear despite being that low, but that may be an issue if I get to run the 245s that I want. Man, it sucks to be on hiatus for now, I can't wait for July to start racing again.

 

give me a call and sometime during this break i'll help you adjust your ride height, camber, toe, etc. for auto-x/daily driving. lmk.

 

Thanks again Ty. BTW how's the move going?

 

just a little bit longer... i hope.

 

^^^All you gots to do is hire a few midgets man...they'll take care of everything!

 

Updated...brake work, new exhaust and sound system.

This didn't happen all at once I just haven't updated this in a while.

 

Wow, Blake! 3+ years later, ha ha!

 

Car has changed a lot...actually pretty big changes in the last week.

New custom catback.
New custom rotors
New pads
New MBC brace

Well not THAT BIG but certainly a lot more than I've done to the car in the last few years.