Car grounding - Help in Hants for susp setup and weighing
Car grounding - Help in Hants for susp setup and weighing
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tordep

Original Poster:

18 posts

150 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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What would be the best place around hampshire to get the suspension setup and the car weighted. I am only after something suitable for road and fast road use.

The car as a tendency to ground on 4 bolts protruding from the drivers side (I assume the seat runners) but as it was an academy car it might need some lifting and the geometry checked.

In any case is there a good solution to sort those bolts without getting the angle grinder out?

Is it normal to have a 12kg lead weight bolted to the passenger footwell?

Thanks for any help.

daz00004

9 posts

163 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Just had mine flat floored here:

http://www.new-techniques.co.uk/contactus.php

Tom is a great guy, go there every year for service/MOT.

tordep

Original Poster:

18 posts

150 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Thanks, I will give him a call, he is also the suggestion I had for servicing, apologies for the newbie question, flatfloored? is that setting the weight on all wheels or is there anymore suspension set up?

I am also planning on changing from the academy tyres to CR500 so might need to raise the car, not sure that is a job a can do myself.

framerateuk

2,935 posts

213 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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Check out my post in the other thread about the bolts and the suspension heights.

It's certainly not normal to have a 12kg weight in there! Get that out of there! I imagine it was there to bring the car up to minimum weight for races (I guess the academy have a minimum weight?).

Gingerbread Man

9,173 posts

242 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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There's Ben of The Classic Car Workshop based near Pulborough. Races and maintains many a Caterham. All round nice guy to boot.
He's on here somewhere.

Shaun_E

750 posts

289 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Tom New did mine as well.

fergus

6,430 posts

304 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Gingerbread Man said:
There's Ben of The Classic Car Workshop based near Pulborough. Races and maintains many a Caterham. All round nice guy to boot.
He's on here somewhere.
"Incorrigible"

tordep

Original Poster:

18 posts

150 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys, much appreciated