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Discussion in 'Technical Q&A' started by Mike C, Nov 24, 2004.

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  1. JTranfield

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    #251 JTranfield, Sep 25, 2006
    Thanks I will look into these as a tempory measure until I figure out what to replace with.
     
  2. Mike C

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    #252 Mike C, May 8, 2007
    Since this just got resurrected in the 308 forum, here's an UPDATE: After more than a year and about 5000 miles on the new springs, there is NO RUBBING. The problem (see posts starting with #113 and especially look at the photos in #132) was definitely the original QA-1 springs, which showed up with rubbing starting after less than 1000 miles. It still irks me that they wouldn't own up to it...
     
  3. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

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    #253 Dr Tommy Cosgrove, May 8, 2007
    I just read the old posts. I hope that guy didn't spend all that non-refunded money in one place. A little goodwill toward Ferrari owners on this website can reap big dividends. As it stands now he lost a lot of future business, including mine.

    That was almost 2 years ago now. I wonder what the financial impact has been so far?
     
  4. Hans

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    #254 Hans, May 29, 2007
    Excellent thread this, thanks guys!

    Soooo, bottom line for a street car that is not likely to see any track use:

    A good plan of action would be:

    * Use Varishock's, initially set to 3 and then tuned to my taste
    * Use Eibach or Varishock springs, 10" length front, 12" length rear, 350# front, 300# rear.

    Correct?

    This is all for the 308 GTB/GTS.

    I've got a GT4.... The stock settings of these differ. Anyone dare to give a guess as to the sweet spot for the 308 GT4?

    Thanks!!

    Hans
     
  5. Mike C

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    #255 Mike C, May 30, 2007
    That sounds good even if you ARE going to have occasional track use... you can always firm up the shock settings for track days just by turning the dial on each one a couple of clicks.
     
  6. Hans

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    #256 Hans, May 31, 2007
    Thanks Mike.

    At the very beginning of this thread (on page 3 or so), you mentioned the type numbers of the shocks that you are using. Now that you are a few years down the line, do you reckon that these are the correct ones, or should you have taken others, in retrospect?

    (and yes, I've read about your QA-1 springs)

    Thanks!
     
  7. Mike C

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    #257 Mike C, May 31, 2007
    Yes, I'm fine with the shocks that I have; they're close enough to the stock shock travel, and have had enough adjustment once I got rid of those terrible QA-1 springs.

    By the way, referring to "pages" is a bit useless on FChat... since people set the number of posts-per-page display to their liking. I have mine set to 100 per page, but I think the default is 20 or 30 (you set it under USER CONTROLS/OPTIONS).
     
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