BEST SUSPENSION SET UP FOR A MODIFIED S1

[Felix7]

Having had the car supercharged, I'm now looking at revising the suspension to cope with the additional power.

There are a number of options to follow, revise the springs to say 375/450lbs and retain the dampers, go for an off the shelf damper and spring package, say Leda or Nitron, for something more bespoke in terms of matching and tuning dampers to the appropriate spring to accomodate the particular kind of driving and style of driving I do, or fitting the S2 set up (I think this has been done for with a S1).

Driving is mostly 'fast road' A and B roads with 3 or 4 track days thrown in, not as many as I would like to do, but time pressures dictate that I cannot get out on track as much as I would like.

The S2 set up, i.e. a harder spring and softer damper would seem to offer the compromise I am looking for, especially as my car squats down and lifts the front end more so than before given the additional power and torque. I was impressed by the S2 setup which seemed to keep the wheel that much more in contact with the ground at any point in time than the S1 standard fair.

A softer rear end would help in keeping the power down, so it maybe that I need to optimise the front end i.e. keep the front down and get around the feel of the car where the front end feels lighter than it did before under hard acceleration, but not sure how to get the set up I desire (may also be to with a little more weight over the rear).

Any help, especially from the Elise racers would be appreciated. Oh and I also have front splitter on the way to help with the negative downforce to help with the front end lift. This seems to come into play at above 80mph.

Thanks

PC

>>> Edited by Felix7 on Tuesday 4th March 19:29

[bogie]

try posting this on the Elise Technical board at www.british-cars.co.uk

Simon Scuffhum races Elises and is the resident authority on this kind of thing ;-)

[Felix7]

Cheers Bogie, is he the same guy who tests bits and pieces for Geary @ Eliseparts?

[clanger]

Bogie's right SS is the Elise guru and he does test/develop Geary's 'bits'.

[Felix7]

Thanks for the conf Simon, just posted the same on BBS, so await results!

Any opinions on the AVO set up, a set is up for sale in the classifieds?

[gargamel]

Felix

I think the consensus is the Nitron are the way forward -these are three way adjustable - so lower the car to i think 90mm is about as low as you can go or 110 for a mid point - you need to change the steering rack height at the same time.

front splitter i suspect is probably more of a drag than a benefit.

but yes I agree simon scuffham or geary the people to ask

[DanH]

People will say nitrons if the 1000 quid price isn't a problem. Do a search on the british cars BBS as this has been done to death. You need to click on the archive button and then do the search though.