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Taken from the 968uk.com forum on KW Suspension setup specific for the 968 CS. To help you with the setup, I would like to give you the following setup information, as provided by Lutz our Porsche Nurburgring setup guru. Some of this information re: castor and camber will also apply and be useful for all 968ers, the height, bump and rebound settings are KW Coilover specific. General Suspension Settings for Porsche 968 with 17" wheel & road tyre. CAMBER Track Only CASTOR RIDE HEIGHT
BUMP ADJUSTMENT TRACK USE REBOUND ADJUSTMENT TRACK USE BUMP & REBOUND FOR ROAD USE The spring rates for the KW 968 Variant 3 are as follows: Front Axle Rear Axle (The conversion rate into lbs/inch is 5.588) As previously stated, the most important thing regarding springs is that the damper can control the spring, discussion about rates alone are largely irrelevant. Very stiff springs are only OK for very smooth surfaces and tracks without kerbs (ie. oval circuits) but will cause instability on UK roads and tracks. One of the big advantages of the KW Variant 3 system is the high-speed bypass valving in bump, this will open automatically when you ride a kerb etc. The bump adjustment itself is for low speed forces allowing you to control the pitch and roll under braking and cornering. The ability of the damper to contol the spring and the way it does this in both bump and rebound is key to making the car stable and allowing power to be applied through the corner. A setup that's too hard will result in slower lap-times and more trips into the gravel traps Remember that the installation and setup is also of vital importance, a good setup confirming the above settings and using corner-weight scales to balance the car (set rear to lowest recommended position and adjust the front to make the necessary changes) is also vital. My final comment would be regarding bushes. If
you are going to change from the std rubber bushes then the only way
to go is rose-joints, see: http://www.rotaprecision.com/ I hope this helps. Best regards |
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