whats wrong wih the 2g suspension? (opinions)

[fjm9898]

i have been surfing around a bit and there are some great build threads and it brings up ideas in the suspension area

I know i already asked a suspension mod question

but i wanted to get opinions from you guys that have really put the time into your car and see what you think still needed a bit of work from the factory in the suspension area.

What kind of changes do you think they should of made to the suspension geometry? was something just not placed in the right area? i am asking these questions on a handling point of view. things that would fix quarks that you found that could be changed.

of course weight is always a complaint so let try and stay away from that. also lets try and keep adjustable parts out of question as a project car just wouldnt come with those kinds of things. so lets think of it in the sense of this was the sports car chassis by Mitsubishi and it was suppose to compete with the likes of skyline, supra, viper and so on with a similar price range to those higher end cars. remember, we are talking about suspension/handling not that they should of turbo'ed the hell out of it from the factory.

 

[fjm9898]

so this jack stand approach is put 3 jack stands on 3 of the corners and see how much the other corner sags compared to the other 3?

 

[jtmcinder]

Pretty much. You add a known mass to the floating corner and see how much lower it sags. (Or, more accurately: how much mass must be added to get it to sag X inches.) You can't just read off the original sag unless you know the weight of that corner. Have the three full-height jack stands under three inboard pick-up points. What you want to know is the twist of the chassis between the front pair and rear pair when extra weight is added to the floating corner.

*IMPORTANT* Think three or four times - not just twice - before you try this test at home. It's really dangerous and should really be left to a professional, yadda, yadda, yadda. Do not do it unless you have back-up safety equipment, including a fourth jack-stand under the floating corner, just low enough to stay off the chassis. And only do the test with one of the rear corners being the floater. Keep adding weight to the floating point until that point drops a quarter inch. Do not go further to explore the linearity of torsional stiffness or for any other reason. If you're killed, have your family direct any lawsuit at Dennis -- Dee Eee Enn Enn Eye Ess -- Grant -- Gee Are Ay Enn Tee -- of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

 

[knochgoon24]

If you're killed, have your family direct any lawsuit at Dennis -- Dee Eee Enn Enn Eye Ess -- Grant -- Gee Are Ay Enn Tee -- of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Play nice...

 

[95Fierro18]

thanks for those keeping on track and keeping their eye on suspension.
I do remember year and year ago one of those car and driver test drives of the car on the old Speed Vision and they did say the car handled quite well (of course back then) so it wouldnt surprise me if there are many complaints.

the gs/rs however they HATED the brakes, far to weak for the weight of the car.

haha
thats true i own a 95 rs and the brakes is somthin i wanna upgrade then my brake booster is messin up so now its even worse