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Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Junior Member
Username: Mitch_alsup
Post Number: 185
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 3:14 pm: | |
Its easy to do: just jack up the car, remove a wheel, and attach an adjustment (spanner) wrench and turn the adjustment collar.
To do this correctly, you need a set of scales so that after it is lowered and you are in the drivers seat and in a driving position, that the right front and left front tires have within 10 pounds of total weight (should be around 620 pounds), same for the rears (should be around 930).
Then you need to check and adjust caster, camber, toe at the front, and camber and toe at the rear. In a shop with the right tools takes about 8 hours. If you right down the suspension settings before beginning, you can goe directly back if you don't like the setting.
Lowering reduces the cars responces to forces--less lean in turns, less pitch in brakes or gas. It can also put the suspension into a bump steer situation where the car becomes darty on less than perfect roads. |
Lou B (Toby91)
Junior Member
Username: Toby91
Post Number: 91
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 2:39 pm: | |
If you plan any serious driving over less than perfect roads, be careful. I just finished a high speed 1000 mile rally in my 360 Spider on the so called roads in Quebec and couln't count the number of times I bottomed....hard! |
Kevin Butler (Challenge)
New member
Username: Challenge
Post Number: 6
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 11:04 am: | |
I know the 360 Challenge cars scrub real bad in a full-lock turn. You may not want this on a street car. But Challenge cars' low profile and negative camber just look so cool...
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Robert (Rjklein4470)
Junior Member
Username: Rjklein4470
Post Number: 181
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 9:04 am: | |
Ron, 19" rims will not fill the gap. Due to traction controll the diamiter must remain the same so if you increase to 19" wheels, your tires must go down in wall ht.
The people that track there 360, can they set up a road 360 for track conditions. I live in Indiana and there are several race teams that I think would be more than qualified provided it does not upset the computer? |
Ron Thomas (Ronsupercar)
Member
Username: Ronsupercar
Post Number: 353
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 8:34 am: | |
Have you considered getting 19" rims.. they should fill in gap very well...... |
Manu Sachdeva (Manu)
Member
Username: Manu
Post Number: 476
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 6:21 am: | |
I think you're playing with fire here Rob. I honestly think that factory settings are the best.... hmmmmm
Is the Fiorano pack availble for the 360? And can it be retro-fitted??
On the 550 the FHP makes a MASSIVE difference (IMO) the car sits a lot more snugly (especially over the rears) and has a genuinley more aggressive stance.....
At a guess the 360C actually has very different suspension to the road-going 360M..... not sure whether lowering a 360 to that height on stock wheels and suspension will be problem-free. |
Robert (Rjklein4470)
Junior Member
Username: Rjklein4470
Post Number: 180
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 11:25 pm: | |
I would like to make it clear that I am not trying to lower the car too much. I just think the car is a little too high in the wheel well, and like the challange ride hight. Has anybody done this to a stock 360, lowered it to challange ht. |