Lemon98 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:08 pm
acme15 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:23 pm
rix313 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 7:39 pm
I have a question, what’s a pillow ball? Furthermore ‘set ups’ do depend on personal preference when it comes to track driving for sure.
What settings are you asking for? I assume toe, camber and ride height? What spring rates are you running on the car? What you say ‘race’ what makes the dampers race?
I'm surprised by the content of your post, considering the content of your forum signature!
I don't know what the spring rates are, I couldn't find the information on AVO's website.
It would be easier for you to Google what a pillow ball is.
AVO made hybrid twin/monotube coilovers for the E30 specced for either racing, or rally, and they called the variants simply 'RACE' and 'RALLY'.
I am looking for camber, caster, and toe specifications.
I'm sure the feel of the car will be down to personal preference, but I have to start somewhere.
And most importantly, enjoy your Friday night!
If you can't be arsed to answer someone's question about the "pillow ball" then by that logic you might as well pay for a Simpack license and run some simulations yourself with different suspension setups
Having correctly matched spring rates to the dampers and ride height will influence your handling more than the alignment. Have you thought about the roll centre as well? The semi trailing arm rear suspension has a lot of camber gain as it compresses so there's lotssss to think about if you want a "race" setup.
I'd stick with the factory specs and see how you find it, then make changes accordingly if you want it to have different handling characteristics. Adding stiffer roll bars might help with its cornering ability without having to go studily stiff with the springs.
And as per your original post, you seem to only want comments from the best of the best. I've just spent a term working with Simpack doing motorsport engineering and learning all about suspension set ups.
I considered it a strange question for someone who is clearly into race cars and track days to ask, I thought it would be something they would know!
It would have been easier to Google it for a technical answer, I stand by that. The same goes for a lot of things. Sometimes part of being constructive on a forum is searching for things you aren't sure about so as to not waste anyones time and ensure you give an cosntructive answer to move a discussion along. It takes a matter of seconds.
I searched for alignment specs on and off for days and got a lot of conflicting information, hence this thread.
I didn't want replies from the "best of the best", just people who have some idea what they are talking about. I wasn't met with that when I first asked this question on the E30Zone Facebook page, some of the nonsense people responded with was baffling.
Anyway this thread is 3 months old now, a lot has changed, the AVO's are coming off the car and will be for sale. It is going back to lowering springs and uprated shocks, and I will put a factory alignment on the car. It won't be seeing track usage anymore.
Thanks for the reply and advice.
