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Post by howardb66 on Oct 25, 2019 20:43:27 GMT
Which lead to a bit of cutting disc & angle grinding...  |
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Post by howardb66 on Oct 25, 2019 21:03:31 GMT
Tomorrow’s fun will be with the MIG....
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Post by howardb66 on Oct 26, 2019 18:14:53 GMT
Inner sill  |
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Post by howardb66 on Oct 26, 2019 18:16:11 GMT
Outer sill  |
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Post by howardb66 on Oct 26, 2019 18:17:54 GMT
Spot welds ground back & filled  |
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Post by howardb66 on Sept 22, 2020 20:38:56 GMT
Something arrived today  |
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Post by howardb66 on Sept 23, 2020 8:41:44 GMT
All fitted now. Need to go & get the corner weight + geo done at Northampton Motorsport.  |
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Post by mrwallace on Sept 23, 2020 8:45:51 GMT
Nice, what suspension were you running before? Hefty front spring rate on those!
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Post by howardb66 on Sept 23, 2020 9:15:16 GMT
2nd Hand HSD monopros on it previously. I recently drove a friends MX5 mk2.5 with MeisterR Clubraces fitted & the grip was amazing- I equaled the time I set in my car without trying too hard ( I helped him build the car & the set up is pretty much exactly the same). These were on sale at Bofi & available so thought I’d give them a go but had them sprung the same as Clubraces (12kg F + 7kg R).
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Post by mrwallace on Sept 23, 2020 10:23:36 GMT
Interesting, do you know what the spring rates were on the HSD's? I've just been running the Meister CRD's that came on my car but with revised spring rates of 9k/6k, I keep getting tempted by the clubrace though as I always have the damping maxed out on the CRD's so to hear you improved on them is making me think again! With the damping being higher to suit the spring rates it should give a bit more adjustability.
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Post by howardb66 on Sept 23, 2020 11:47:09 GMT
So, the car was bought with CRDs fitted, & like yourself ended up running them with the fronts on full hard & the rears backed off a couple of clicks. The spring rates were 6/5. Then a couple of years ago some 2nd hand but unfitted HSDs came up with the same spring (6/5) rates. These were fine on list 1A tyres initially but again ended up maxing out the shocks as I got quicker.
The theory with the BCs is that I let the spring work properly & the damper just damps. The DS series apparently have some digressive valve system that should really help out. We shall see next year...
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Post by Zed. on Sept 23, 2020 12:20:19 GMT
I always have the damping maxed out on the CRD's  So, the car was bought with CRDs fitted, & like yourself ended up running them with the fronts on full hard & the rears backed off a couple of clicks. The spring rates were 6/5. Then a couple of years ago some 2nd hand but unfitted HSDs came up with the same spring (6/5) rates. These were fine on list 1A tyres initially but again ended up maxing out the shocks as I got quicker. The theory with the BCs is that I let the spring work properly & the damper just damps. The DS series apparently have some digressive valve system that should really help out. We shall see next year... again I'd have expected dampers set to full-hard as being just about undrivable  as you say.. dampers should be able to, well, dampen the springs oscillation and if they cannot either they are under-specified or needing rebuild back to optimum does anyone rebuild meisters? Rich. |
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Post by mrwallace on Sept 24, 2020 8:57:56 GMT
So, the car was bought with CRDs fitted, & like yourself ended up running them with the fronts on full hard & the rears backed off a couple of clicks. The spring rates were 6/5. Then a couple of years ago some 2nd hand but unfitted HSDs came up with the same spring (6/5) rates. These were fine on list 1A tyres initially but again ended up maxing out the shocks as I got quicker. The theory with the BCs is that I let the spring work properly & the damper just damps. The DS series apparently have some digressive valve system that should really help out. We shall see next year... Even more interesting... I obviously started with the same spring rates too but for track use it's a very rear biased (oversteer) setup, my car is very balanced now with the 9/6. The club race (and your BC's) are even more front biased so again interested to see how that works. Sounds like the DS series will be very similar to the Meisters with their CRD - same digressive valving by the sounds of it. Zed. (Not sure how to multiquote here!) In my case at the hardest damping level I'm technically slightly underdamped after changing the spring rates, it's stiff but certainly not undriveable, I've left the track a few times having forgotten to lower the damping again and it still works but is just not so compliant over bumps. If I do have the damping too low though they can't cope with the stiffer springs and I do get a bit of bounce, especially with a boot full of tools and a tyre rack on the back! There's a guy up this way who just had a set of Meisters re-built, so there is somewhere that does it! (I should maybe look into it...) |
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Post by Zed. on Sept 24, 2020 9:46:27 GMT
Zed. (Not sure how to multiquote here!) I start quoting, go into bbcode & 'copy, then back to main post & quote the next message & paste the first one I do most posting in bbcode, some older (& worse forum platforms like 'nuts  ) are 'interesting' to post images & it's just easier to write - after practace  In my case at the hardest damping level I'm technically slightly underdamped after changing the spring rates, it's stiff but certainly not undriveable tried full hard on the Ohlins...... 100 yards later they went soft again (-15R & -12f iirc?) There's a guy up this way who just had a set of Meisters re-built, so there is somewhere that does it! (I should maybe look into it...) thats good, nothing worse than expensive throwaway kit   screenshot in preview not bbcode Rich. |
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Post by howardb66 on Sept 30, 2020 17:46:42 GMT
Went to Northampton Motorsport & got the suspension set up. The guy was a definite fan of the BCs & said how well they perform for the price. Had a good blast on the way home & they were a definite improvement on the HSDs.  |
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le sigh
Jul 15, 2023 20:03:52 GMT
le sigh
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