Correct Gaz Gold settings

[Chimaera27]

Hi All.

The old rear Bilstein shocks on my 96' Chim 400 were knackered when I got the car so I replaced them with Gaz Gold adjustable coilovers. The front suspension is working nicely so I don't see the point in changing them for now.

When the car's back on the road in April I plan to take it out on track and it would be great to have it handling properly, or at least nicely. This is the first Chim I've driven or owned so I don't know what a correctly set-up Chim is supposed to feel like which is a little frustrating.

Can anyone advise the best setting to use for fast road/track driving? I think I've currently got them set to 8 from full soft (the car is with a relative at the moment)

I'm getting the ride height and geom professionally readjusted before it goes back on the road so this is really the finishing touch.

Ta!

[s p a c e m a n]

I'm guessing it's all down to personal taste and your style of driving so you're probably better off using someone elses settings as a base to work from rather than just copying.. I set mine up at the front as stiff as I could handle without it being annoying. The rears I started off as soft and then wound them up until it started skipping over the bumps, then turned them back a couple of clicks. I only fall off of the track on half of my laps now

[Chimaera27]

Fair enough, cheers!

[bobfather]

I have to agree with Spaceman, it's just a case of winding the button back & forth until you're happy. I'm on my third set of GGs, the most important thing is to ensure your geo and ride hight are correct. Geo goes off over time so it's worth checking every couple of years

[ClassicChimaera]

Spaceman makes a good point in going hard as you dare then working back,,,
Different opinions etc but racers I know always set the dampers from fully hard and then back to their desired position not the other way round.
Probably makes little difference in the real world

[QBee]

For track use I had my front GGPs at 18 clicks up from soft. I found that if I did the same with the rears, it got a bit hoppity on hairpin bends, e.g. At Snetterton.

But I also had a lot stiffer springs fitted - 500 lbs front, 450 lbs rear.

[Chimaera27]

Thanks chaps. Seems to me its a case of trial and error, we'll have to wait and see

[ClassicChimaera]

For road use the rears are normally 2 clicks softer than the fronts so start with that at about 14F 12R and play until your happy I often used to go as much as 4 click different but not often.