Suspension Urgent help needed!!!...Megan Coilovers
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#308
I'm still dumbfounded by this whole controversy...I've had my set of Megans, lowered, cornered balanced for over a year and couldn't be happier...Plenty of travel, supple ride, never bottomed out in valleys, near air launches over crests and extremely hard cornering transitions in both directions...could there have been a bad batch of struts that were circulated?
#309
I'm still dumbfounded by this whole controversy...I've had my set of Megans, lowered, cornered balanced for over a year and couldn't be happier...Plenty of travel, supple ride, never bottomed out in valleys, near air launches over crests and extremely hard cornering transitions in both directions...could there have been a bad batch of struts that were circulated?
#313
I'm pretty sure wheel choice isnt the difference here though....nor is ride height
But I'm not complaining
#316
MSFTITOY, so that's what my stoptechs look like to "outsiders"!
I have to admit, I have been tracking my MINI with the Megans, and I can't say I have had issues (although it is my only point of reference, so if I am, how would I know anyway...). However, I don't get a lot of suspension travel, so when I do drive on the street with it, I avoid any large bumps or holes like the plague (but then again why wouldn't you anyway).
Soooo, I thought I would raise this thing from the dead to see if any other updates or changes had happened. By the sounds of it I am guessing no.
I have to admit, I have been tracking my MINI with the Megans, and I can't say I have had issues (although it is my only point of reference, so if I am, how would I know anyway...). However, I don't get a lot of suspension travel, so when I do drive on the street with it, I avoid any large bumps or holes like the plague (but then again why wouldn't you anyway).
Soooo, I thought I would raise this thing from the dead to see if any other updates or changes had happened. By the sounds of it I am guessing no.
#317
Bumpstop + short travel or long dampers = contact. Bumpstop contact with top of damper = instantaneous infinite spring rate which = instantaneous slide.
The fix? Shorter bumpstops + heavier spring rate up front - from 285 to 469...but the new 469# springs are the same length as the 285# springs...heavier spring rate = bigger coils...bigger coils = less spring travel...less travel = spring bind - all else equal.
I found all these problems at the track. Steve is sending new stuff out.
The fix? Shorter bumpstops + heavier spring rate up front - from 285 to 469...but the new 469# springs are the same length as the 285# springs...heavier spring rate = bigger coils...bigger coils = less spring travel...less travel = spring bind - all else equal.
I found all these problems at the track. Steve is sending new stuff out.
Last edited by meb; 04-19-2007 at 01:16 PM.
#320
Referring to post 317...
When the damper makes contact with a hard rubber bumpstop, the spring rate - which has nothing to do with spring rate but is only a comparison - becomes infinitely stiff - like no suspension at all - Flinstone style. Thusly, an immediate slide will result.
now, some systems are designed to work with bumpstops; the mini's stock suspension is a bumpstop active system in whcih the bumpstop works like a spring as it contacts the damper - by design. No slide here.
Does this clarify???
When the damper makes contact with a hard rubber bumpstop, the spring rate - which has nothing to do with spring rate but is only a comparison - becomes infinitely stiff - like no suspension at all - Flinstone style. Thusly, an immediate slide will result.
now, some systems are designed to work with bumpstops; the mini's stock suspension is a bumpstop active system in whcih the bumpstop works like a spring as it contacts the damper - by design. No slide here.
Does this clarify???
#321
I'm liking the new springs so far... Only got to ride on them a few days before shipping the car off to Guam (still waiting another 2-3 weeks for it to get here)... But combined with the new tires (Pzeros over Proxes4) with more sidewall, the ride is much more comfortable.
#322
Starting up an old thread, can someone take a picture of thier car's stance then also of the actual Megan coilovers with the wheels off? I need help adjusting mine because I just installed the new stiffer front springs and not too sure what's the optimal setup.
Last edited by cooper99; 08-04-2007 at 08:32 AM.
#325
Nope...installed it and forgot about about it...don't know what all the fuss is about...rides great and never crashes even when I practically get airborn...