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YQUSTA - 14/5/10 at 10:52 PM

Had a great day today getting the suspension setup on my Indy.

The car has a totally different feel to it from the small test on the way home.

Day ended badly when I started to get a loss of power and then the brakes failed about 1 mile from home.

Can't say enough about ProComp, their knowlage and willingness to talk you through what they are doing is great, even when speaking to a complete novice like myself they made sense in what they were doing and saying.

Ian

twybrow - 14/5/10 at 11:14 PM

The best £200ish you'll spend on the car. Glad you got it done. So does it corner like mine yet?

YQUSTA - 14/5/10 at 11:29 PM

well didn't get much chance to test it as got got the problem's on the way home but for the short time it was running it felt great very responsive and no feeling like the back end was stepping out ( down to both rears being toe out)

Will sort the brakes and engine and test asap

Steve Hignett - 15/5/10 at 12:46 AM

Happy days...

whitestu - 15/5/10 at 07:50 AM

quote:

and no feeling like the back end was stepping out ( down to both rears being toe out)


Interesting! How much was the back toe out? I've never checked the toe on my rear suspension but will do so now.

Would love to get mine set up professionally but never seem to have time.

Did the set up make the steering feel any different / give more self centring?

Stu

Steve Hignett - 15/5/10 at 08:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by whitestuWould love to get mine set up professionally but never seem to have time.
Stu


Speak to Matt, you may be surprised by how much time some things take and after speaking to him you'll prob find that you can make time... (oh, and he's no salesman talking you into something you don't want, don't worry )

whitestu - 15/5/10 at 08:31 AM

If I was a bit closer I would - it's getting a day away from the family that's the difficult part!

The few I have are spent doing track / airfield days.


Stu

Bluemoon - 15/5/10 at 09:34 AM

Do you know what settings you now have?? Looking to re-do mine at some point (takes ages, been putting off the second setup, and I need a flat surface that I don't have anymore...!!).

i.e.
ride height front.
Ride height back.
corner weights.
Camber front.
Toe front.
Camber rear.
Toe rear.

How did he set the rear toe? I guess shims under the 4 rear hub carrier bolts?

Also do you have standard front bones (i.e. probably poor caster)?

The above would give me and others a very good starting point, if we fancy a locost DIY setup..

Cheers

Dan

YQUSTA - 15/5/10 at 09:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by whitestu
quote:

and no feeling like the back end was stepping out ( down to both rears being toe out)


Interesting! How much was the back toe out? I've never checked the toe on my rear suspension but will do so now.

Would love to get mine set up professionally but never seem to have time.

Did the set up make the steering feel any different / give more self centring?

Stu


Stu,

to be honest I can't remember the exact figure the back end was toe out but it was I think around 1-2degrees (don't take as gospel).

The whole car felt like a new car the feel was so much of an improvment. I couldn't test the self centring as I had the brakes fail before I got home, where I was going to see in a big car park.

I can't agree enough with Steve they won't try to sell you anything and for the time spent on my car there charges are more than fair you wouldn't get the time and expertise of these guys any where else imo.

Also I would go and have your suspension setup over going on a track day, you would probably spend the same maybe less going to ProComp and be able to enjoy your next track days even more maybe it might just help improve lap times and road driving will be more fun

YQUSTA - 15/5/10 at 09:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
Do you know what settings you now have?? Looking to re-do mine at some point (takes ages, been putting off the second setup, and I need a flat surface that I don't have anymore...!!).

i.e.
ride height front.
Ride height back.
corner weights.
Camber front.
Toe front.
Camber rear.
Toe rear.

How did he set the rear toe? I guess shims under the 4 rear hub carrier bolts?

Also do you have standard front bones (i.e. probably poor caster)?

The above would give me and others a very good starting point, if we fancy a locost DIY setup..

Cheers

Dan


I wouldn't personally do a diy setup as you won't have a clue what the shocks are doing. as Procomp will tell you the dial on the shock can (as mine did) do nothing for the first 10 clicks or be working for the first few on one and the last few on the opposite. This could cause all sorts of problem's imo when trying to setup your car.

ride height front.
Ride height back.
I will have to measure. they did do that but I can't remember the figures

corner weights.
left 227kg @ 49.5%
right 282.5kg @ 50.5%
rear 317.5kg @ 56.7%
cross 277kg ' 49.5%
this was with me in the car and a nearly full tank of fuel.

Camber front.
NS 1.75 neg
OS 1.75 neg

Toe front.
1.92 toe in at rims

Camber rear.
NS 0.8 neg
OS 0.75 neg

Toe rear.
1.45 toe in at rims

This setup was done to what I wanted the car to be used for so may not be the same for everyone else. I probably weigh no more than 10-11 stone the car was nearly full of fuel and I have a ZX9R engine.

Bluemoon - 16/5/10 at 09:16 AM

Thanks for the info, agreed about the shocks, might have to think about that (must be a way of building a locost damper dyno, not simple thing to do though).

Cheers

Dan

procomp - 16/5/10 at 11:15 AM

Hi

Thanks for the kind words Ian. The original setting on the rear was 6.5 mm Toe out. Buggered if i can remember how far of the thrust line was though as we didn't record that once it was discovered the toe was so far out of tolerance.

Cheers Matt