Gaz Gold Adjustments.

[GTti]

I currently have gaz gold shocks and springs on the cerb. I find the car bottoming out on a lot of the scottish back roads it tends to finds itself flying along. The ride height from the ground to the outriggers sits at 140mm front and 140mm rear. The exhaust is also nicely tucked away.

I haven't checked for markings on the springs to see what there rated at but will do later. Are the adjusters on the shocks for dampening/rebound or a combination of both? What springs do other people use? Any ideas would be most appreciated.

[JensenA]

Ideally you want the car to be about 10mm higher at the back than the front - ie raise the back by 10mm. The adjusting knobs alter the hardness of the shocks, you want it to be a bit softer at the back than the front, it's all down to personal preference really.

[GTti]

I just want it to stop bottoming out really. lol. I'll try stiffening the rear shocks a bit and raising it 10mm. Cheers.

[Steve_T]

GTti said:

I currently have gaz gold shocks and springs on the cerb. I find the car bottoming out on a lot of the scottish back roads it tends to finds itself flying along. The ride height from the ground to the outriggers sits at 140mm front and 140mm rear. The exhaust is also nicely tucked away.

I haven't checked for markings on the springs to see what there rated at but will do later. Are the adjusters on the shocks for dampening/rebound or a combination of both? What springs do other people use? Any ideas would be most appreciated.

If you have a single adjuster then it will alter both bump and rebound, i.e. the ratio between them is fixed.

[VPower]

I have Gaz Golds.

Yes only one adjuster that controls both compression and rebound, but they are sort of balanced.

I found that one click moves it from very soft to just about right at the back. Probably due to the light weight at the rear.
One more click for teeth jaring track settings!

Steve

[Ab Shocks]

GTti said:

I currently have gaz gold shocks and springs on the cerb. I find the car bottoming out on a lot of the scottish back roads it tends to finds itself flying along. The ride height from the ground to the outriggers sits at 140mm front and 140mm rear. The exhaust is also nicely tucked away.

I haven't checked for markings on the springs to see what there rated at but will do later. Are the adjusters on the shocks for dampening/rebound or a combination of both? What springs do other people use? Any ideas would be most appreciated.

I would suggest that you are at the absolute minimum height on the front and need to go to 150mm at the rear, if you are whacking bumpstops you might consider having the shocks stroked. you currently have 400lb front and 350lb rear which will cover you for fast road/ occasional trackdays.
I just think you are a tad low on the back

[Ab Shocks]

JensenA said:

Ideally you want the car to be about 10mm higher at the back than the front - ie raise the back by 10mm. The adjusting knobs alter the hardness of the shocks, you want it to be a bit softer at the back than the front, it's all down to personal preference really.

Wot he said.

BTW Alan, I read with interest your Ackerman post and have to confess that I am using it on track cars with good results, particularly when the tyres are not getting up to temperature, or when its wet.

1 to 2mm toe out in chilly conditions and 2 to 4mm in the wet, sounds like a typical English summer, so I agree worth trying on road cars.