08-08-2013, 01:34 PM
Sorry if this has been covered before but I seem to have my theory wrong.
I saw from a couple of guides etc that the standard height is a 330mm length, somewhere else said that 322mm gave a 25mm drop and I saw 320mm gave a 30mm drop. This would suggest that for every 1mm shortening of the dummy damper the ride height will drop somewhere between 2.5-3mm (as a rough guide)
Based on this I made the dummy shock 315mm centre to centre and expected a drop somewhere between 37.5mm and 45mm but the car seems to have dropped much further with the Cyclones rubbing the rear inner plastic arch before it's even been driven and settled. Most of the tyre is inside the arch which looks good but doesn't match with my 'practical daily' theme and 40mm drop at the front.
Does anyone know the exact correlation between damper length and ride height? Is it the same for the Sedan and the hatch?
Thanks a lot.
I saw from a couple of guides etc that the standard height is a 330mm length, somewhere else said that 322mm gave a 25mm drop and I saw 320mm gave a 30mm drop. This would suggest that for every 1mm shortening of the dummy damper the ride height will drop somewhere between 2.5-3mm (as a rough guide)
Based on this I made the dummy shock 315mm centre to centre and expected a drop somewhere between 37.5mm and 45mm but the car seems to have dropped much further with the Cyclones rubbing the rear inner plastic arch before it's even been driven and settled. Most of the tyre is inside the arch which looks good but doesn't match with my 'practical daily' theme and 40mm drop at the front.
Does anyone know the exact correlation between damper length and ride height? Is it the same for the Sedan and the hatch?
Thanks a lot.