The Knobs
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| posted on 26/3/15 at 12:07 AM |
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Spring rates for trackday car
Was going to get all done at Procomp but may just change springs now. Live axle Birkin with front anti rollbar, basically old caterham setup, Zetec
engine so pretty standard. Car will be mainly trackday use so any ideas on the ideal spring rates front and rear?
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drt
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| posted on 26/3/15 at 12:26 AM |
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Originally posted by The Knobs
Was going to get all done at Procomp but may just change springs now. Live axle Birkin with front anti rollbar, basically old caterham setup, Zetec
engine so pretty standard. Car will be mainly trackday use so any ideas on the ideal spring rates front and rear?
I would need corner weights, and unsprung weight to calculate 
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The Knobs
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| posted on 26/3/15 at 12:33 PM |
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Its only a fun trackday not a race car so just would like idea of a good setup.
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drt
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| posted on 26/3/15 at 12:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by The Knobs
Its only a fun trackday not a race car so just would like idea of a good setup.
I understand... still one would need this data (or a ballpark figure)
otherwise I cant help...
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The Knobs
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| posted on 26/3/15 at 02:58 PM |
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Take it as a standard live axle caterham s3 if you have the data for one of those, its mainly the rear rates i need as these need sorting asap.
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The Knobs
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| posted on 26/3/15 at 03:09 PM |
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Does 250 front and 200 to 215 rear sound right ?
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