Joegtt Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Hi everyone, Thought id make my own little topic so i can keep track of my constantly evolving starlet gt turbo Ive recently converted to coilovers, and this has made such a transformation to the car. I visited Tony in watford on saturday and had the geometry set up as well as having my panhard rod (aka lateral rod) fitted and adjusted to suit. While i was there i had 4 new Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres fitted (why not eh?). I decided to try them as many people recommend them and ive had toyo tyres for a long time. Heres a little print out of my geometry settings: As you can see they are set up for 'fast road'. Ive felt the difference already. Having a straight steering wheel is very nice! The whole car feels nice to drive, smooth and stable. Its completely different to the standard set up, where you are always on edge waiting for the car to bite you back. I am taking the 'twisty' route to work this week, so i can get a little bit more feedback. And im sure Tony has a got something to say regarding my damaged wheel Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't yet I actually know of somone who can set the Panhard position to the nearest 1mm..... It's ....Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adie Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't yet I actually know of somone who can set the Panhard position to the nearest 1mm..... It's ....Me There's nothing like blowing your own trumpet mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't yet I actually know of somone who can set the Panhard position to the nearest 1mm..... It's ....Me There's nothing like blowing your own trumpet mate Bugle actually and down the wrong end.... it went peeerpppt then the end cap fell off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't yet I actually know of somone who can set the Panhard position to the nearest 1mm..... It's ....Me bloody good job too guess what your going to have another one to do very shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Indeed the wheels is a little 'hurt'.... One for Discounts i think! The Panhard rod fitting and setting was easy you have a 21mm parallelogram alignement per side, this was done in one hit so in truth i learned nothing... As for the Geo positions the pillow adjusters allowed generous corrections but the NSF camber was very bad.. The final correctional position was then mirrored at the OSF... The KPI balance is not good and can be easily corrected using the EZ cam adjuster bolt, with this the KPI can become balanced then the pillow adjusters set back to a symmetrical position.... This very example was visible with bazzas Starlet.... The result now is over-steer, you wait and see how she drives with a balanced KPI and less front camber great stuff hey tony, how does it compare to mine ? Your Geometry has much better balance but....... He has a Panhard you don't yet I actually know of somone who can set the Panhard position to the nearest 1mm..... It's ....Me bloody good job too guess what your going to have another one to do very shortly I'll get me Trombone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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