What is an adjustable suspension?
11-20-2012, 12:30 AM
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What is an adjustable suspension? 
I know what air bags are, but after that I'm lost. So what I want to know is what do adjustable parts like panhard bars, control arms, torque arms do? Do they control the stiffness or is there more to it than that?
How do you know when there adjusted right?
Can someone please explain this to me.
11-20-2012, 01:30 AM
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they adjust every aspect of the alignment, usually they have nothing to do with stiffness except in the case of something like an adjustable swaybar or shocks
caster
camber
toe
pinion angle
rear end offset
thrust angle
lower control arm angle
etc...
tirerack and a lot of other sites have some good information on what each one is and how it affects the car
caster
camber
toe
pinion angle
rear end offset
thrust angle
lower control arm angle
etc...
tirerack and a lot of other sites have some good information on what each one is and how it affects the car
11-20-2012, 03:30 PM
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they adjust every aspect of the alignment, usually they have nothing to do with stiffness except in the case of something like an adjustable swaybar or shocks
caster
camber
toe
pinion angle
rear end offset
thrust angle
lower control arm angle
etc...
tirerack and a lot of other sites have some good information on what each one is and how it affects the car
caster
camber
toe
pinion angle
rear end offset
thrust angle
lower control arm angle
etc...
tirerack and a lot of other sites have some good information on what each one is and how it affects the car
So is it just to make aligning everything easier. The reason I ask is I'm wanting to do the suspension on my Trans Am and I'm not sure which way to go.
11-20-2012, 04:43 PM
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Read the stickies at the top, thats what they are there for:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...-tech-faq.html
If that doesn't answer more specific questions you have, then ask here.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspensio...-tech-faq.html
If that doesn't answer more specific questions you have, then ask here.
11-20-2012, 04:56 PM
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There are a lot of various reasons to go with an adjustable part, and just as many to not. If you would like some suggestions for which parts you'll want adjustable and why, I would be more than happy to help you out. Give me a call here at the shop and we can go over the parts you're considering and I can point out where the benefits of adjustable vs. non-adjustable come to play.
- Kevin
813-986-9302
- Kevin
813-986-9302
11-20-2012, 09:00 PM
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JD thank you for posting the link, I was using my phone earlier and couldn't find the stickies on the app. I'm going through them now.
Kevin I will be giving you a call when I finish my current project. Which I'm hoping won't be to much longer. But you know how it goes. I'm just trying to figure out where to go next really.
Kevin I will be giving you a call when I finish my current project. Which I'm hoping won't be to much longer. But you know how it goes. I'm just trying to figure out where to go next really.