3 yr old FKs and 60mm ID spring Q?

225 Lb's sounds much more like it to me. I've got an article here with different coilover spring rates in. It's from PerformanceVW so take all values with a chunk of salt but anyway it quotes:

Spax: 200Lb Front, 150Lb Rear
Jamex: 230Lb Front, 170Lb Rear
AVO: 200Lb Front, 180Lb Rear.

What about copper greasing the threads on the strut and then wrapping them with a waterproof covering and secure with wireties or similar. Can't see any corrosion getting in then.

Joe

 

We use a product called Bostik Never-Seize for plug threads, amazing stuff, you can put a coating on a clean hub flange, and after a year remove the brake disc to find little surface corrosion, pity I didn't use it on the spring collars on the shocks.

Chris Eyre recommends gaffa tape on the thread
Edited by: GVK

 

With the 60mm springs not as easily obtainable as a 2.25", I'll be fitting the FK ones back for now, as my box should be ready this week, and i'll need to get the thing back up and running next weekend.

DT say 17 days delivery for KW 60mm springs, there's the option of getting them made up (Faulkners/coilsprings.co.uk etc), which I'll look into.

I've no idea what rate the rear springs are, but assume they're 65-70mm ID as they're wider than the fronts from memory.

I don't want to go mega-stiff on the rates as it's still my road car, but upping them a bit should help the body roll on track with sticky tyres.. good job I didn't order those 70n/mm (400 lbs)....

 

Not for much longer eh ! 3.94fd lsd semi slicks etc etc

 

3.89 But I hear ya mate!!

 

Empty PM Gary!

 

Sorry

 

I run 2.25" springs on my billies.. which are made for 60mm springs. Small collars to centre on the platforms work for me

 

For ref to add to the mix:
PSS9's Bilsteins as supplied for Ibiza 20VT come with 280lb front and 225lb rears as checked independantly. (Bilstein wont tell you!)

 

I had 400lbft on mine for a while, 300lb rears.. understeered badly. Std ARB's then.

Then went 280 fronts, 300 rears, 25mm front arb, 28mm rear arb (fully stiff) - Neutral to oversteery now with minimal roll.

Next step will be upping front rear spring rates in ratio to try and retain the balance I have and now like. (4 wheel drift when I want to, oversteer when I ask it)

Becoming less and less friendly as a road car as it gets stiffer. Smooth tracks were a must have on 400lb fronts, softer seemed to give it more traction.

 

Thanks for the input Bill

 

Half nuts turned up today, so got the shocks built up and got the NS on the car, painted the lower part of the body with black smoothrite and never-seezed* all the threads - it'll do - should stop them going rusty again.

Forgot to take the other top mount to work, so will finish the offside one tomorrow and get it on the car, raised the front ride height 15mm on the threads, car was always too low at the front anyway, wheel is sitting fairly upright, haven't got the camber correction bolt yet, it will all need setting up once the gearbox is fitted.

Just hope I can get the box back and in this weekend.

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Edited by: GVK

 

where do you get this never seize stuff?

 

Actually waxoyl might work quite well thinking about it - if left to dry it should be pretty tricky to wash off.

Joe

 

used that on my pss9's.. they look rusty now, just took a while longer I guess [:^(]

 

Snap on tools sell Never Seez, we first used it in 1990 when the (rubbish) 2 litre 8v DOHC engines were used in the Sierra/Granada, were cases where the plug threads errmmm, came out with the removal of the plugs

 

Jeez, my :cough: Raceland :cough: Coilovers are just younger than them and they look a damned sight better.

Bummer.

 

I wonder how long I'd been driving around with those front dampers fecked? Like driving a different car now

 

Bump for the greased up coilie 'thread' ( no pun intended )

 

Less than 3yrs after the original thread...









Dampers are shot too!