flatlander937
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- '11 Mazda2 Sport
Looks GOOD, Flatlander937!
Thanks!
Awesome! Hopefully in the not too horribly distant future koni will make bolt in front struts for those of us less talented.
They already do, for the Fiesta. Just use a Fiesta lowering spring set to match the perches. They're very similar vehicles so I doubt ride height will be much different than advertised, maybe 1/4in higher than advertised on a Fiesta I'd guess.
So anyway got the pull figured out... The REAR brakes were not adjusted evenly left to right! I figured it out by pulling the ebrake and finding it yawed to the right just like under hard braking. Very odd. I'm guessing the old suspension was so soft and compliant compared to now, with the higher rates causing much quicker weight transfer making it hypersensitive to force differences left to right.
I cut another inch from the rear bumps. Rides really well. I played with caster adjustment and fine tuning camber and reset toe, if some math formula I found is correct I've got about 3.6 deg caster on left, 3.8 right, and 2.4 deg camber on both sides, and set to zero toe.
Ride heights are 23-5/8 in front, and 23-7/8 in the rear.
Now I'm playing around with the shock rebound adjustments, feels great 90% of the time. Only problem is highway speeds, the rear bounces a bit with expansion joints. Not like Honda cut springs bounce, but I think it can be improved/eliminated.
With no front sway bar it has tons of grip in cornering, even under acceleration.
I was jacking it up to adjust the brakes and took this pic to get a rough idea of roll stiffness, front both wheels are on the ground, body just slightly tilted, both rear wheels off the ground. DDM bar in the rear still.
And I need to wash it, I think I'll enter the Mazda of the Month since this month's theme is "suspension and wheels."
Will see about getting some gopro footage soon. I plan on using it to help with shock tuning.
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