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RE: Chrysler Taking its toys and going home???

To: "'Derek Engelhaupt'" <derekengelhaupt@rocketmail.com>,
Subject: RE: Chrysler Taking its toys and going home???
From: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:14:48 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Engelhaupt [mailto:derekengelhaupt@rocketmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 8:33 AM
> To: stecz@crossroads.com; autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Chrysler Taking its toys and going home???
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >     Waaaa, the manufacturer you choose to buy from doesn't have the
> >     good sense (or cents) to make the suspension on the cars they
> >     manufacture adjustable? They could if they wanted to...
> > 
> > 
> >       I agree with you here. I just disagree that the ACR 
> was totally
> >       tricked out. It had the same spring rates as the 
> standard neons,
> >       same size sway bars, just a little stiffer dampening and slots
> in
> >       the strut housing, hardly rocket science.
> 
> It also had a slightly different gear ratio, heavy duty hubs, 4 wheel

4 wheel discs came on all Neons with ABS, the ACRs, had the same setup,
without ABS.

> discs (which not all Neons had), quicker steering ratio, and an

Same ratio as the "sport" neon.

> unlimited speed controller (other Neons were speed limited to 118mph-

Big deal, didn't improve "performance", it just didn't stop at 117 or
whatever.

> I know, I bounced mine off the rev limiter several times).  By the
> way, the earlier Arvin struts in '95 were NOT rebound adjustable FWIW.

True, but that had pretty good factory dampening...

>  The Konis came on the later models from what I recall ('97+).
> 
> 
> ===
> Derek Engelhaupt
> '97 White Mazda Miata 
> St. Paul, MN
> 
> For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
> -- Harrison's postulate
> 
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