Definitely, I have pictures of my car 3-wheeling over crests when in Stock trim. I do have my shocks droop-limited so they're 1" shorter than stock when fully extended.

 

Right - but 3-wheeling doesn't mean the shock is getting to full droop. We may be having a bit of a semantical discussion here, but what mine(and Nick's) point is what you measured as full droop in the garage with both front wheels unloaded is not an area of travel you will see on the street or any auto-x course unless it involves jumps Ken Block style

Your swaybar is limiting droop travel when you see it 3-wheeling, not the shock.

 

Not only would it have to be Ken Block style, he'd have to be at full lock which pretty much assures the total destruction of the car and self upon landing.

 

Are you also on clubrsx.com?
I am a reformed Type S driver and now addicted to the S2k.

 

Are you sure you did not buy 17x10+52?!

 

Yes, same username. Used to run STX for a few years then as I turned it into a track car, ran SM for fun (and didn't have a choice due to mods) but ended up feeling like I wouldn't progress further as a driver if I didn't move to RWD eventually and so I switched. At least I'm still in the same family.

 

Shhh, don't tell anyone!

I fully understand your point about full droop. Ok guys, a little thought exercise here: Lets say you're cornering hard in a steady state, the front swaybar is limiting body roll and has effectively unweighted the inside front tire. Everyone would agree that the inside front shock is more extended than the outside front shock, right? Now the car goes over a crest. What happens? As both front tires drop a bit, the inside shock doesn't have to extend too much more to see full extension. The outside shock doesn't necessarily have to fully extend for the inside one to top out.

I work in the heavy-duty transit field; I've had this exact phenomenon happen with our suspensions and cause some undesirable side-effects. Granted, an STR S2000 has just a little () less roll/G-load than a transit bus, but we also have dramatically less suspension travel too.

What I really need to do is get off my butt and make bracketry to mount those shock position sensors I got over a year ago. Right now everyone (including me) is going off of gut feel without any data.

 

I don't think that you would be traveling at a high enough rate of speed to cause the front of the car to become airborne.... at full lock. The only thing you can do at full lock is park or doughnuts.

 

Or if you are running way too much rebound and jack down the suspension. I did early in the year at one event with a bumpy sweeper.

 

[QUOTE=captain_pants,Jun 25 2010, 09:24 AM]
I fully understand your point about full droop.