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B serious 09-07-2018 04:05 PM

Well...the S2000 has a pretty big MR.

Sprung weight is like 550ish LB per corner.

So a small amount of weight goes a long way.

And yeah, the best way to corner weight and preload is with driver ballast.

But...these are race car problems. For a street car whose weights will vary depending on passenger and luggage load...or for casual track cars...just keeping it simple works.

GSteg 09-27-2018 12:21 PM


Originally Posted by Car Analogy (Post 24508242)
Measuring is error prone. There is parallax. There is angle you hold the tape at. There is miscounting hash marks. There is squinting...

Counting turns has none of these faults. And precision is less important than consistency. 11.33333 turns aren't necessary. 11 will do fine. But getting exactly 11 on each side is what counting turns does that measuring is less likely to achieve.

If you use a large tape measure, I can see it being troublesome. I have a tiny 6" machinist ruler that works great for tight spots. No need to squint either! Different stroke for different folks I suppose.

GSteg 09-27-2018 12:26 PM


Originally Posted by B serious (Post 24508097)
Thread pitch is often listed in the manual, though. In case you need to find it.

Unfortunately that wasn't the case for my HKS coils. The support at the time from HKS was poor and it didn't help that my coils were not popular at all. It's like trying to find info on a vintage typewriter.


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