Suspension : Steering :Blog

[BiggestNizzy]

Another wee bit done and a big thanks to woody and my old man for helping* and the abuse regards my untidyness/lack of organisation.

woody I think your right it does sit a wee bit low at the back I will sit it on some level ground and see tommorow.

*maybe did more than help

[BiggestNizzy]

Managed to get some shakedown miles done.

problems

• geo - needs done
• scraping noise from passener side wheel
• spongy brakes
• need rawlbolts for the front clam
• replace castor washers
• fit front undertray
• check ride height
• tweek rear diffuser / get powdercoated
• powdercoat wheels
• re-attach interior trim
• fit home made camber shims

[Rich H]

Sort the caster washers first!

[BiggestNizzy]

Sort the caster washers first!

all that is I used std M10 washer, I will replace with M10 repair washers tonight to help protect my bushes.

[BiggestNizzy]

now thinking the scraping noise is due to disks/pads being moved about when it was all stripped down

[BiggestNizzy]

now that I have fitted the suspension brackets the right way round it no longer looks like a dog with worms

[Shug]

now that I have fitted the suspension brackets the right way round it no longer looks like a dog with worms

Tw*t

Good skills though - bushes working well? (oo-er)

[BiggestNizzy]

bushes seem to be fine, I have not noticed the harshness but as the car has been off the road for so long it's hard to remember what it was like,(que have a shot of my unmolested S1) the geo needs done and I have some niggily wee bits to put right.

Thing about the Geo is I have aluminium steering arms and aluminium camber shims, I removed 7mm from each side and replaced it with 8mm (2 bits of 4mm as thats what was lying about) I plan on machining these to get the camber set correctly will it effect my geo if I get it done, and get a size for the shims i.e. -1mm. then I take it home remove the shims and get them machined (my shim design is easily removed without needing to remove the steering arm)

will this effect the other elements of my geo adversly ?

oh and what kind of settings does everyone recomend ? please bear in mind my lack of talent and my adversion to buying tyres.

[Shug]

bushes seem to be fine, I have not noticed the harshness but as the car has been off the road for so long it's hard to remember what it was like,(que have a shot of my unmolested S1) the geo needs done and I have some niggily wee bits to put right.

Thing about the Geo is I have aluminium steering arms and aluminium camber shims, I removed 7mm from each side and replaced it with 8mm (2 bits of 4mm as thats what was lying about) I plan on machining these to get the camber set correctly will it effect my geo if I get it done, and get a size for the shims i.e. -1mm. then I take it home remove the shims and get them machined (my shim design is easily removed without needing to remove the steering arm)

will this effect the other elements of my geo adversly ?

oh and what kind of settings does everyone recomend ? please bear in mind my lack of talent and my adversion to buying tyres.

Gotta be factory settings then:

http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Geo_Setups

Worth a read at the page above to figure out what you want though.

The camber and toe is quite well separated in the Elise setup - although the caster setting will mean that there will be minute differences in toe when you change camber. I'd put money on it that it'd take a F1 test driver to notice the difference though. That said - get a quick & dirty toe setting and check the camber, then when you set the camber properly, get it all done properly.