Running suspension to low

[DuncanR]

Thx Alex, Shimmy, methinks that i will bring the big blue folder Andrew gave me up to the bedroom ! It will raise the height of the TV at least so i can see the subtitles on the naughty German movies! There were some settings in there I recall which were Ring specific. I would also be doing some Bedford track days as its on my doorstep so advice on the changes required/advised would be appreciated, unless someone has come up with a CLS/TRACK/SETTINGS folder on here:drool:.
With the wealth of knowledge you guys have, maybe 10 of you could arrive at a reasonable starting benchmark for some of the popular tracks, thats my lazy side coming in !!:hahaha: All monies I save will be spent over the bar in Blaue Ecke...well...some of it anyway.

[glendog74]

I'm the same as Shimmy - running neg 2.5 degrees on track this yearbut have found it to be just not enough as my Cup tyre have worn on the outsides prematurely...

Will run neg 3.0 degrees now.

[shimmy]

Thx Alex, Shimmy, methinks that i will bring the big blue folder Andrew gave me up to the bedroom ! It will raise the height of the TV at least so i can see the subtitles on the naughty German movies! There were some settings in there I recall which were Ring specific. I would also be doing some Bedford track days as its on my doorstep so advice on the changes required/advised would be appreciated, unless someone has come up with a CLS/TRACK/SETTINGS folder on here:drool:.
With the wealth of knowledge you guys have, maybe 10 of you could arrive at a reasonable starting benchmark for some of the popular tracks, thats my lazy side coming in !!:hahaha: All monies I save will be spent over the bar in Blaue Ecke...well...some of it anyway.

i have loads of setting for different tracks based on Dontdobends blue folder and my experiences this year but not sure how it relates to 4 way Intrax tbh

I have been to Bedford more times than i care to remember. Biggest issue there is that it kills brakes and tyres very easily so take it easy on number of laps especially when air temp warm.

Intrax Ik2 clicks from hardest setting as follows if it helps.

Road - F20, R25
Bedford F10 R12
Silverstone, Snett - F9, R13
Donny - F11, R14

Just as a comparison Dontdobends had the Ring down as F18, R22 9nearly road settings)

[Bealo]

I'm the same as Shimmy - running neg 2.5 degrees on track this yearbut have found it to be just not enough as my Cup tyre have worn on the outsides prematurely...

Will run neg 3.0 degrees now.

I agree with Short Stuff on this one. I defo need to run -3.0 fro the same reasons :thumbs:

[DuncanR]

Shimmy, your memory serves well, they are indeed 4 ways on my car, is that good ? lol

[shimmy]

Shimmy, your memory serves well, they are indeed 4 ways on my car, is that good ? lol

Well good if you like tinkering and driving that little bit nearer the limit AND BAD if you have a poor memory as you will spend all trckdays returning each dial to ZERO coz you cant remeber what your setting is!

overall :thumbs: but buy a pen!

[DuncanR]

Shimmy, im 52 mate ! and have spent most of those years living near the edge ! Including skydiving where speeds reached were up to 200mph, and before the Scientists amongst you question that,it is possible in a head down position NOT a stable spread one ! I will be more than happy to leave the car as Andrew had it, as I neither have at the moment, nor do I anticipate achieving very quickly either the balls,knowledge or talent to start tinkering with something, which is then going to cost you €22 a lap to check out ! I have a mindset at the moment to enjoy the Ring, and the company ..not endure it ! wont you lot take the p**s now if you see I have stuffed it somewhere :bigcry:

[_Nathan_]

You'd be better off learning about suspension adjustment with simpler dampers as with the separate bump, slow and fast rebound you have much more scope for ruining the handling, but set up well the dampers you have are the bollocks.

I'd only move to 4 ways now as I will have an engineer with me at the track that can translate my feedback on the handling in to adjustments, left to my own devices I'd end up with a clown car

[TANKSLAPPER]

Duncan, Nathan who posts on here is not Nathancsl the green one.

If I was you, I would consider swapping your 4 way intraxs for nathan 2 way intraxs plus a little bit of silver.

This way you could manage the set up easier. NathanCSL has 2 way on his green one

[shimmy]

Shimmy, im 52 mate ! and have spent most of those years living near the edge ! Including skydiving where speeds reached were up to 200mph, and before the Scientists amongst you question that,it is possible in a head down position NOT a stable spread one ! I will be more than happy to leave the car as Andrew had it, as I neither have at the moment, nor do I anticipate achieving very quickly either the balls,knowledge or talent to start tinkering with something, which is then going to cost you €22 a lap to check out ! I have a mindset at the moment to enjoy the Ring, and the company ..not endure it ! wont you lot take the p**s now if you see I have stuffed it somewhere :bigcry:

i agree, Andrew will have the 4 way dialed in for the ring, and that might do you for the road as well BUT on track you might want to firm it up a little event though you are 52 qand your bones may be a bit brittle!:beer:

[glendog74]

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[DuncanR]

Iain, thx for heads up about the various Nathans ! As to letting him have my 4 ways, i need all the help i can get mate !! :hahaha:, sounds like a good idea, but by the time we have swapped everything over etc., the silver would probably be eroded and I would be kicking myself later if everyone keeps saying "yeahh...2 ways are fine.... but 4 ways would be better "... I would like to think that when comes the time for selling it, having the 4 ways fitted would be a plus.
Ref the Oct Ring trip, i hadnt realised the trips I have already planned, im shooting in Scotland the week leading up to that week-end,then leaving early as I had forgotten that Im going to watch Saints in the Heineken Cup in Perpignan which is the Friday night, flying back to Luton on Saturday afternoon landing 13:15, I could jump straight into the motor and drive straight out there, 400 mile trip for me, so about 8 hours with ferry etc. and breaks. Just about make the pub for last orders !

[DuncanR]

Shimmy, im new to all this mate, please forward me the Intrax 4 way CSL settings for Bedford with the OAP addendum !