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RE: adjusting spax shocks

To: "Steven Michelsen" <stevenm@optonline.net>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: adjusting spax shocks
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:40:56 -0500
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steve,
you might find this wierd but hear me out on how we adjusted ours on 2 race
cars.
presently we have spax adjustable shocks on my team mate's 62 morgan race
car and my 67 H-modified sports racer, both aplications are front mountings.
we started out at the hardest setting and backed off untill best handling
was found.
unfortunately , what i like and what you like or seek are very difrent.  
if you like a very stiff suspension, crank 'em up!  but you will soon find
rough road surface and irregular surfaces(patches, holes & varying
surfaces) will tend to attempt to extract fillings from your teeth.  i like
zero body roll and cornering adhesion to point of yeild of the rubber to
surface. 
you need to play a bit to find what you like or can tolerate.  
adjustable shocks are a really cool thing , but !  surface, how good yer
back is, seat padding & to a degree age(oh boy am i gonna get blasted fer
that one!  i just turned 48!  gimmie a break, oh?) all play a part in
suspension harshness.   you have the ability to take a great sunday driver
and turn it into a car you absolutly hate to drive based upon it's ride.  

chuck.
been there, broke that, fixed that, broke it again and still trying to fix
it!!!!



> [Original Message]
> From: Steven Michelsen <stevenm@optonline.net>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: 12/18/2005 10:54:01 PM
> Subject: adjusting spax shocks
>
> My Midget has Spax shocks in the back.  I have never adjusted them, don't
know what the range feels like, don't know where within the range they are
set now, nada.  Does anyone have a methodical way of adjusting the shocks /
testing the ride possibilities / etc.?  I don't want to just start
monkeying with the adjustment screw without having a clue as to what
happens when you reach the limit of it's motion, etc.
>
> This is not to say that I am displeased in some way with the ride or
handling of the car - it's all good - just want to know what is possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve




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