The right ride height?
Originally Posted by daveh
Having corner weighted my car, I can tell you that you should bring the respective left and right shocks to the same length and not try to compensate for the height irregularities like your mechanic did. This will get you very close to being perfectly corner balanced.
Originally Posted by Sk8fe
That is something that the other local Porsche pro tuner shop can do when they corner balance my car (set left & right shocks to the same length if necessary) -- that would be all part of their process of corner balancing the car right?
Yea, anywhere from $90 to $100/hr 
, so you are right. My Z was a PITA to jack up the way it was let alone being an inch lower now. Not sure how easy easy that it to do. Is there another thread that has "How To" step-by-step instructions for doing that?
, so you are right. My Z was a PITA to jack up the way it was let alone being an inch lower now. Not sure how easy easy that it to do. Is there another thread that has "How To" step-by-step instructions for doing that?
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Originally Posted by Sk8fe
WOW! I come across a thread like this and I'm humbled by how little I actually know...
Although, perhaps good timing as I just got TEIN Flex coilovers installed yesterday and asked my mechanic to lower the ride height an inch (to start). I have a 2003 Track Ed. 350Z that I got used to run out on the track for Driver Ed. events. I still drive my Z on the street but I suspect in 3 to 5 years it will become a dedicated track car. Until then I'm looking for a setting like three_fitty, something agressive but functional for the street (i.e. speed bumps, etc.) but a decent starting point for the track.
My mechanic said that my stock ride height was all over the place. Is that normal? He said that he "leveled" the front and rear respectively and then lowered it an inch front & rear. He said that my front sits an inch lower than the rear. Does that seem right? I don't know much about this stuff yet, but that doesn't seem right to me(?). He said to try it out on the track and adjust from there (either to lower the rear another inch to equal the front or raise the front an inch to match the rear). Today it gets aligned at my local STS tire center. They are going to adjust all those other settings given the new ride height and set my camber to -2.0 front and -1.5 rear. Its agressive for the street, but that setting feels good to me out on the track. Unfortunately, that STS doesn't have scales and can't corner balance my Z, so I will need to take it to a local Porsche performance shop that can do that.
three_fitty, what did you decide on?
Thanks.
Although, perhaps good timing as I just got TEIN Flex coilovers installed yesterday and asked my mechanic to lower the ride height an inch (to start). I have a 2003 Track Ed. 350Z that I got used to run out on the track for Driver Ed. events. I still drive my Z on the street but I suspect in 3 to 5 years it will become a dedicated track car. Until then I'm looking for a setting like three_fitty, something agressive but functional for the street (i.e. speed bumps, etc.) but a decent starting point for the track.
My mechanic said that my stock ride height was all over the place. Is that normal? He said that he "leveled" the front and rear respectively and then lowered it an inch front & rear. He said that my front sits an inch lower than the rear. Does that seem right? I don't know much about this stuff yet, but that doesn't seem right to me(?). He said to try it out on the track and adjust from there (either to lower the rear another inch to equal the front or raise the front an inch to match the rear). Today it gets aligned at my local STS tire center. They are going to adjust all those other settings given the new ride height and set my camber to -2.0 front and -1.5 rear. Its agressive for the street, but that setting feels good to me out on the track. Unfortunately, that STS doesn't have scales and can't corner balance my Z, so I will need to take it to a local Porsche performance shop that can do that.
three_fitty, what did you decide on?
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by daveh
You should really measure things out so you hit the bumpstops before hitting hard parts of the car. This is one reason why I never completely understood the whole double height adjustment of the japanese shocks.
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