Hello, I spoke to phoenix motor sport today about getting my geometry set up on Wednesday. He said the common mistake people make when fitting coilovers is giving the front and rear a even drop, he said the rear should be a different height to the front so the car handles better. He said he could set this up for me but I'm not sure I want a uneven drop.

Do you guys have a even drop or the rear higher or lower? And if so buy how much? I would prefer to adjust the suspension myself tomorrow before geo on Wednesday morning so any advice would be great!

Thanks Rob

 

I think you are talking about 'rake', if so then it is generally better to have positive rake, i.e. nose down, rear up. This can aid downforce, (I think).

 

On a road car like most of ours is I'd just put it flat so it looks the nicest because you're not going to notice the difference anyway

And having rake or not is still always down to personal preference

 

Ok thanks guys it is my daily drive for work and alittle fun in summer so i may just set it up even myself and save a few £££

 

You'd still need a geo after setting the ride height, don't forget that

 

You can see the recommended ride heights in this post: https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/301...st__p__5798519

You could use those as a starting point and work your way down.

 

Booked in for Wednesday morning win freak that's my priority, ta love groova ill read it now

 

Downforce.

Mine's lower at the front by about 1/2" at a guess. To be honest I only did it that way because I thought it looked better. Even if you're going to be anal about it and do it properly, it's the corner weights that make the difference, not the front-rear.

 

Technically it should improve downforce. I never said the effects would be felt in a road car though.

 

If you have full flat undertray then yes run positive rake to create vacuum, if you don't then you are not helping any with downforce and will also generate get Roll in Oversteer. Road car and track day car just run it level, only race car run positive rake.