Ground Control CoilOVers

[jtmcinder]

Originally posted by MNGSX
Good enough for building a mostly drag car that can handle IMHO...

Is the surface at a dragstrip very smooth? Or are there pavement joints and such to contend with?

- Jtoby

ps. This is not a smart-a$$ed post ... I really don't know the answer. My first trip to a dragstrip will be this summer.

 

[vertGST]

I have Ground Controls with AGX shocks and i love them. Ride like a cadillac when i want them too and stiffen right up when i want them too. Very easy to adjust stiffness on the agx. i give it

 

[MNGSX]

It depends on the individual track...

It is a different ball game in many ways..

You are accelerating the entire time down the line...

Which means alot of weight transfer occurs primarily at launch but also happens during shifts... Watch the shep video on the shift....

There really aren't the same kind of forces on the front suspension like autox. You don't brake into a corner entrance so the front springs don't bear the brunt of simultaneous braking and cornering forces.

Spring rates do matter but it is'nt quite as critical as autox..

I don't think the spring rates in the front matter that much... Just make sure you have enough dampening (shock) dialed in for what you have... If it is set up right it should'nt be bouncy nor jaring down the track... No tracks have potholes etc... Maybe some frost/heat cracks, expansion joints etc... Most are pretty smooth..

 

[14.5 drift]

any body know the exact weight distribution of a 96 gsx. Searched 5 pages of google and can't find shyte.

 

[fAt_sUnNy]

What's the adjustment range on the Ground Control coil overs? Because I got mines right and the dude that put em in didnt adjust em all to the same height so my car is like higher on the left and when he did supposedly adjust them he was telling me that even though they say that the ground control coil overs are 0-3 inch adjustable they are 0-2 inch for Eclipses... is that true?

Also is the driver side of the car supposed to be lower than the other side?

 

[MNGSX]

You can drop it 3"

The suspension in the front wont realy be suspension much anymore because there will be no travel left and you will probably kill your shocks.

Its because there is only room to drop an eclipse around/about 2" or so with anything.

Just jack up one end of the car... Front first... Adjust each side to match by measuring from the bottom of the threaded sleeve to the perch.

That will get you close.. The best thing to do is to find some place really level and park it then measure from the fender lip to the center of the wheel...

You really need to have level ground to make sure it is set level... Measuring where they are adjusted and matching each side is a good ballpark... Things like batt relocation, sterio sys and driver or pass weights are factors too... But just measure and match sides for now.

Also with no driver the driver side should be higher... Unless you have a friend that is always riding shotgun who weights 300# or something...