Installed some KW V3. Corner balance weights inside.
Jan 30, 2007, 02:29 PM
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The lift came from an old military auction. You can get side post lifts off of EBAY for like $1400 now. Cheap IMO.
Jan 31, 2007, 03:29 PM
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Are you setting camber without load on the suspension or was that just for the pic? Aren't you supposed to set camber/toe with the suspension loaded (tires on the ground)?
Jan 31, 2007, 05:17 PM
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Well so far I haven't taken my car to the track yet to really check them out (Feb. 17th is my 1st track event of the year). Intial impressions. The KW springs rates are much higher of course than the swifts. (9k/7k) Nothing crazy but much stiffer than the old swifts. You can really dial them in for a nice smooth ride on the street. With turn of the rebound dial you can make them ride super harsh if you choose. I will have a better write up as soon as I take it to the track were it really counts.
Feb 1, 2007, 05:50 AM
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Kidloco51, are you getting any clunking or rattling our of the rears? I am, and I'm getting conflicting info on whether it's expected with coilovers or not, so I thought I'd check with other KW owners.
Feb 1, 2007, 11:15 AM
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I'm on the stock tophats, too. Dang...so something's not right. On top of that, I tried tightening it up--and it got better--but I stripped something on one side.
Feb 2, 2007, 09:37 PM
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Kidloco...here's a cool and interesting link...especially the part on corner balancing, as it has a corner weight calculator.
http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets.html
Dennis
ps...Looks good.
http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets.html
Dennis
ps...Looks good.
Feb 2, 2007, 11:45 PM
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Kidloco...here's a cool and interesting link...especially the part on corner balancing, as it has a corner weight calculator.
http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets.html
Dennis
ps...Looks good.
http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets.html
Dennis
ps...Looks good.
Feb 3, 2007, 09:44 AM
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Where did you get that camber tool? And doesn't it affect the camber dramatically when there is weight on it? Or is that what the jack stand was for, to compress it?