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Gaz shock settings
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:02 pm
by The Knobs
What is a good starting setting for Gaz on a track car with a real car engine in it ?
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:49 pm
by adithorp
Thats a bit like asking "I've got a piece of string. Does anybody know how long it is?
There's a lot of things that affect it; springs, weight, etc.
adrian
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:58 pm
by The Knobs
Hence 'starting point ' as I know most shocks for kit cars only use about four of the available clicks anyway.
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:39 pm
by adithorp
Well as a rule of thumb, no alternative, low tech starting point... I'd do an old fashioned bump test.
Bounce the car and watch it settle. From one good downward push you want to see the car bounce back past it's resting position and then settle to it's rest position. Set them to the lowest setting that will give you this down, up, down, stop. After that it's just a case of experimenting.
adrian
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:56 pm
by The Knobs
The only worrying thing is that i may be doing the experimenting at Spa as a first try of the car
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:42 pm
by petercoll
What date ?
Pete
The Knobs wrote:The only worrying thing is that i may be doing the experimenting at Spa as a first try of the car
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:49 pm
by The Knobs
1st April with LOT and the other dates over Easter, so really need to get a move on with putting it back together. Dash is out, engine is out, wiring to sort, seats to fit, rolling road etc etc ......
Re: Gaz shock settings
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:04 pm
by RobMsport
Without knowing car weight , spring lbs , tyre pressures --- it's an approximation BUT is also about car balance NOT merely absorbing shock . Having said all that I'd set the front shocks , starting from 0 click/1st up --- to one third the total clicks of the shock , whether they have 14 or 30 ie. 4 to 5 or 10 . The rear I'd set to two thirds the total clicks ok. Tyre pressures 16 to 18 max YOKO 17 TO 19 TOYO all round . The variance is only to cover your various body weights
This should give you a slightly oversteering car under provocation in the dry . This is just a safe starting point after which track driving will find out the ideal balance.