Just wondering if anyone here has corner weighted their cars post coilover install?
Does anyone here use scales or just use measuring tape ?
If you put it on the scales, what were your weights?
Ive considered corner balancing the car once I put new coilovers on. I just measured each corner FTG to get it close. I feel like corner balancing and trying to adjust the coilovers will be too much of a PITA
edit: I would corner balance using my scales
Thanks for the response
Do you have any weight references?
Thats what I’m trying to find. A local shop set mine up after I had installed the coilovers. When I installed them, I used a measuring tape and stanced the car. After my clutch install, they put it on scales and adjusted the coils more (they didn’t test the setup). now the nose is high, they said they do that for neutral handling because the weight of the engine (which makes sense but looks weird)
As they couldn’t find any reference to go by, they used a B5 reference they had from an older car and just used ratio… so now I am trying to find some actual numbers on a B6/B7. I was hoping someone had road raced and could give me some digits.
I should be corner balancing my car later today with scales. A little while ago I borrowed a set of scales from a local guy.
Right now I need to adjust the front coilovers to get everything to the same height and then I will use the scales for a proper adjustment. For some reason the rear of my car went a lot higher after doing all the rear suspension and subframe work. Before I was at like 25-1/4" (+/- 1/8") all the way around and now I am at like 25-15/16" in the back with the front staying the same.
Normally when I corner balance a car, I only look at percentages. It changes from track to track but I generally try to get 50% left, 50%cross and 48% rear with no fuel in the car
My process of scaling / aligning a race car usually starts off by setting ride heights. I usually measure ground to pinch welds or frame depending on the car. Once ride height is set, I set cambers with my gauge. After cambers, I string the car and set toe. When all of that is done, I check my scaling % and I adjust accordingly.
You can change cross % without affecting ride height. example: 1 turn down on the LR, 1 turn down on RF, 1 turn up RR, 1 turn up LF. This will change cross but keep ride height at the same spot. When you raise a corner, it puts more weight down to that corner. Lowering a corner will take weight away from that corner.
I can explain more later after work is over
Awesome to hear!
Hope you can share some of your results with us.
This is good information.
I didn’t do the adjustment myself so I can’t comment on what the corner weights were, I know they had said %50 rear which gives it some reverse rake. They must not have locked my lock nut on the H&R because it looks like the RR has settled even more, I am tucking the wheel lip on that corner but I have an 1/8th on the LR.
:-\
Im going to break out a measuring tape and record the values. Also it appears I picked up a roofing nail in my travels >:(
Just make sure you are on a semi level surface or youll get skewed results
For sure!