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Jon Ison - 12/8/04 at 06:57 PM

Been in workshop all day with a pro susspension/chassis set up guy,

best money i ever spent on a car, still a few changes to make B4 it goes out to race, when there done he's coming with me and in his words "if i cant finf you 4 secs a lap you can have it for free"

How much would 4 secs cost by looking for power from the engine ?

Dont miss out on the performance of your car, get it set up properly..............


Chris_R - 12/8/04 at 07:02 PM

sounds like a bargain. Don't fancy chaining him up and passing him around do you? We could occasionally give him bread and water in exchange for faster cars.


liam.mccaffrey - 12/8/04 at 07:24 PM

chain him up for sure he can design my suspension set up for me!!


Steve19 - 12/8/04 at 09:17 PM

What race car have you got? The lovely blue one on your avtar?


Chris_R - 12/8/04 at 09:22 PM

I believe it's a rather silky GT1.


loafersmate - 12/8/04 at 10:10 PM

And who might this person be? Phone No, price per hour..........

Cheers

Ben


Jon Ison - 13/8/04 at 12:14 PM

Eike
Chatsworth Motor Spares, 01246 278633
Expensive.

A little tip, approach him like the above post and you will get no where.


pbura - 13/8/04 at 01:33 PM

Mind telling us a bit about the process?

No need to be specific, but did he have you change springs, etc.? Were the differences from your initial setup surprising?

Pete


Jon Ison - 13/8/04 at 03:27 PM

drove home in a totaly different car to that i went in.

Weigh me, ballast drivers seat.
undoe anti roll bars
then a process of check adjust, check adjust over n over again toe, castor, camber, corner weights, ride height.

Recomended totaly diff spring rates, different anti roll bars, all have wich i aqm sorting then back for more of same then off to track to test, the difference was night and day before and after and he assures me there is more to come, with springs n roll bars.


pbura - 13/8/04 at 05:44 PM

Sounds like a rolling road for your suspension.

The car gurus go on and on about the importance of a quality setup, and it's interesting hearing from someone who's actually done it!

Thanks,

Pete


alfasudsprint - 13/8/04 at 08:47 PM

Jon,
the way you write it makes us all very eager.....would you say its worth doing on a road only locost? Your words were "I drove home in a different car"...thats impressive!

Tim


Jon Ison - 13/8/04 at 09:01 PM

The amount adustability of the car was only possible due to it been fully rose jointed rather than bushed, but it's got to be worth getting the optimum out of your car regards available adjustability if that makes sense, defo worth getting the corner weights and any other adjustments as close to optimum as poss,


loafersmate - 16/8/04 at 07:28 AM

I mean't you had given us juicy details of handling improvment but no contact details.....that's all!!

Ben


F1 Mini - 16/8/04 at 10:31 PM

When you see your man again, ask him wheather he recons Blade type "adjustable" anti roll bars are worth it ?

When my old girl's finished this is the type of person I need, like you say it's nice to let the experts do the final touches.....


blueshift - 17/8/04 at 03:03 PM

wow! want to reduce the size of your avatar a bit f1 mini?


Hellfire - 17/8/04 at 03:51 PM

<moves to the side to read the rest of the post>

Yeah that avatar is rather a bit massive huge matey mate!!!


This size will do:[img][/img]