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Stuart wrote:Alan you mention the damping being a bit high, have you considered that the damping of the Gaz damper may be completely wrong for a Midas?
Perhaps this could explain why I found 160lb rear springs on my mk3 coupe perfect for me with a small 1" run flat on none height adjustable Spax dampers. and also why I find 110lb springs on shortened AVO dampers perfectly fine on the mk2
As you're probably aware only the rebound damping on all cheaper adjustable dampers is adjustable, having excess damping can give the impression that the car is too highly sprung. Haven't you got any old Spax dampers that you can put a set of your new springs on just to do a quick comparison with?
As a simple test i have chucked on a pair of old (very old!) koni's to see if anything changes, wound to just over half way up their adjustment and to my surprise they seem to have solved the wheel hop (of at least significantly reduced it) as well as that the ride is much smoother than the gaz even when the gaz was adjusted right down and body roll feels reduced, in fact the car felt much more planted with the koni's yet much less harsh.
Stuart wrote:Old thread resurrection. I have long wondered if it was the characteristics of the Gaz dampers that were the issue. Having never driven with Gaz dampers I wasn't sure.Stuart wrote:Alan you mention the damping being a bit high, have you considered that the damping of the Gaz damper may be completely wrong for a Midas?
Perhaps this could explain why I found 160lb rear springs on my mk3 coupe perfect for me with a small 1" run flat on none height adjustable Spax dampers. and also why I find 110lb springs on shortened AVO dampers perfectly fine on the mk2
As you're probably aware only the rebound damping on all cheaper adjustable dampers is adjustable, having excess damping can give the impression that the car is too highly sprung. Haven't you got any old Spax dampers that you can put a set of your new springs on just to do a quick comparison with?
I saw this on the 16 valve mini forum yesterday, it would suggest my suspicions are correct in that the damping of the Gaz is too stiff.
http://www.16vminiclub.com/forums/showt ... post372673As a simple test i have chucked on a pair of old (very old!) koni's to see if anything changes, wound to just over half way up their adjustment and to my surprise they seem to have solved the wheel hop (of at least significantly reduced it) as well as that the ride is much smoother than the gaz even when the gaz was adjusted right down and body roll feels reduced, in fact the car felt much more planted with the koni's yet much less harsh.
Stuart wrote:I read an article on Lee Noble's new car where he mentioned using cheap production dampers (forget the make, Koni's perhaps) and he said they were better than any of the other fancy expensive dampers he'd ever used previously.
DavidL wrote:I'm all for cheap and effective, Stuart, have you got a link to the article?
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