What spring rate
05-07-2008, 05:53 PM
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What spring rate Running QA1 lowering springs on my car(on it when I bought it), fronts are rated at 315 lbs.. I always have a problem with the front end sort of floating if I hit a bump and bottoming out if it's too big a bump(that I missed). Should I be running a higher spring rate up front? Shocks are QA1, 12 ways..
Thanks!
Thanks!
05-07-2008, 09:25 PM
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Heh, thats what drag shocks do.
Your car is floaty because your shocks cannot damper your springs (springs naturally want to make your car "bounce", shocks are supposed to control the springs from doing this. Drag shocks on the other hand are all about weight transfer, and have little rebound control, hence the floaty, disconnected feel).
There is a way to fix this, get shocks made for handling.
A thread like this has already been made:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...45#post8344345
The OP switched to good shocks, problem solved.
Your car is floaty because your shocks cannot damper your springs (springs naturally want to make your car "bounce", shocks are supposed to control the springs from doing this. Drag shocks on the other hand are all about weight transfer, and have little rebound control, hence the floaty, disconnected feel).
There is a way to fix this, get shocks made for handling.
A thread like this has already been made:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...45#post8344345
The OP switched to good shocks, problem solved.
05-08-2008, 04:13 AM
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Heh, thats what drag shocks do.
Your car is floaty because your shocks cannot damper your springs (springs naturally want to make your car "bounce", shocks are supposed to control the springs from doing this. Drag shocks on the other hand are all about weight transfer, and have little rebound control, hence the floaty, disconnected feel).
There is a way to fix this, get shocks made for handling.
A thread like this has already been made:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...45#post8344345
The OP switched to good shocks, problem solved.
Your car is floaty because your shocks cannot damper your springs (springs naturally want to make your car "bounce", shocks are supposed to control the springs from doing this. Drag shocks on the other hand are all about weight transfer, and have little rebound control, hence the floaty, disconnected feel).
There is a way to fix this, get shocks made for handling.
A thread like this has already been made:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...45#post8344345
The OP switched to good shocks, problem solved.
05-08-2008, 09:18 AM
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Yeah I never drove on those shocks myself but I'm guessing that they allow the front end to travel pretty free for better weight transfer. I can imagine that might be more prone to bottoming out on the front air dam that hangs down.
05-08-2008, 11:20 AM
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Running QA1 lowering springs on my car(on it when I bought it), fronts are rated at 315 lbs.. I always have a problem with the front end sort of floating if I hit a bump and bottoming out if it's too big a bump(that I missed). Should I be running a higher spring rate up front? Shocks are QA1, 12 ways..
Thanks!
Thanks!
Lee Spicher
05-08-2008, 01:34 PM
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Well I just had them rebuilt and revalved to an "R" series.. The only thing I seem to be able to change now is rebound, compression stays constant at all settings... I thought it(compression) would also change with the rebound, but it doesn't. The higher I set the number the harder it was to pull the shaft out, to the point I couldn't pull it out no matter how hard I tried, compression stayed the same.. I called the place that rebuilt them and was told compression was speed sensitive and I wouldn't feel a diff by hand. I don't know, maybe I got screwed on the rebuild/revalving.. I'll try setting them up a couple notches and see if it makes a difference or not.. Thanks!
