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[vroom]

I need some advice please.

My Cerb has std springs + adjustable AVO shocks. I can never get the right set-up.

I find it too easy to bottom out with, what I feel, to be the right damping.

Too week springs perhaps?


What should I go for?

PS I love Stella.

[BCA]

whats the ride height at the moment?

Could you not raise it slightly and stiffen it? or just stiffen it - but in both springs and on the avos themselves. If they are the 22 clicks adjustment jobbies then what are they set at?

[grey42cerbie]

Nick,

Give Warren a ring (01296 655109) at TopCats Racing (nr Aylesbury) they did a very good set-up on my Cerb the other week. He'll tallk the through the whole process and find the best setting for you.

Cheers, Steve
Grey 4.2 Cerbie

P.S Tell him I sent you

[joospeed]

if it bottoms out and it's not running a silly loow ride height then it's too soft in bump (you probably worked that out already!). You can goto stiffer springs of increase the bump on the damper. I can't remember what you've got spring wise on your car but assuming it's somewhere around 325lbs then you're not running enough bump, trouble with cheaper dampers like the avo is that if you increase the bump they go a bit harsh, if you don't want that you'll have to raise the ride height.

[vroom]

Cheers all,

I'll give it a bit more height first to see if it helps - the car still is very low at the back. Failing that then I'm in the market for some new stuff!

Doens't help that the roads around here are bloody awful though!

[joospeed]

a-ha , missed the bit about you being on std springs!!
doh..

[vroom]

So what you reckon Joolz -

Keep the AVOs & put some uprated springs on?

Will this allow me to soften the dampers to get a better ride?

To be honest, at present with the dampers wound off, I've got more resistance in the springs in my sofa.

Cheers,

Nick.

[joospeed]

thing is the AVOs are designed to be used with std springs .. if you wind the adjuster up to get enough rebound to control a stiff spring you'll also be winding the bump up so making the ride harsher .. I've found 400 pound springs to be the limit you can go to before this gets out of hand.
BUT .. the damper has more effect on ride than the spring. if you use a damper with reduced bump you can go to stiffer springs which has benefits, especially at the front. The only way to know for sure if you think it's better is to put some on and try it I guess. However alot of people out there fit avos to std springs with no reported problems, so maybe yours aren't performing properly?

[vroom]

Cheers Joolz,

When I get some free time, I'll try the extreme settings on the front shocks to see how it feels. There's plenty of height on the front springs since you reset the camber. You may recall the car was right down on the front with shocks set very hard.

Just need to find some time to play...

Nick.