hilos help
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i have hilos on the rear of my car and want to lower it about a inch...any ideas of amount to adjust hilos to get this ???

regards mark

Edited by mark4765 on 18th Aug, 2004.

as far as i can remember the ratio is 1:5.

““A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.”” - Jeremy Clarkson

Yes approx 5:1 on rear and 3:1 on the front

But go down to your ride height gradually as usually they settle over a day or two and you can easily end up too low.

Also be careful that you don't go too low and crush the flexible brake pipe on top of the radius arm

Edited by Tom Fenton on 19th Aug, 2004.

Tom ...
Bit of a numpty question from me ;
does that mean on the rear 1 turn to lower 5 somethings (mm?)

Steve

TurboLessTosser

If you shorten the rod by 1mm, the ride height will drop by 5mm (at the back).

It doesn't work by "turns" as the pitch of the thread is not 1mm.

Sorry to resurrect this thread but has anybody fitted the competition hardness rubber cones on the rear to allow for closer tolerances between the tyre and arch. had it down where i want it and turned the stiffness up on the shocks but the tyre was catching over the bad bumps in the road. This was on standard donuts but just wondered if the uprated ones would help?

Edited by racing_is_life on 12th Mar, 2007.

Hi,
You may be better off to cut the rear arches out as the hard cones may mean more trips to the dentist! There's a thread on here with more details and pics ..
Cheers,
Gavin :)

Edited by Bat on 12th Mar, 2007.

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If you have the back that low on a road car then you either have the front to rear height balance wrong or your trying to run the whole car too low.

Driveshafts level for a road car will make it much nicer to drive than anything lower than that and the car will suffer for it on anything other than silky smooth race tracks.

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I'm running it an inch lower all round, i was just experimenting and it looked so cool running dead low but it gives too hard a ride and the ground clearence is down to about 3 inches. Think i'll just use it in sensible mode rather than drug dealer mode!

Set the front end up so that the driveshafts are level and the rear about 20mm higher .... will handle sooooo well.

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okay will do, cheers bud
you comin up to minis vs beetles @ york raceway? Its a good day, i went last year.

Was that directed at me mate???

If so, no I won't be coming along. I either have some grass to watch growing or some paint that needs to be observed as it dries ...... both infinitely more interesting than drag racing as far as I am concerned.

Might well go to Avon though as it's close for me and I want to meat a few of the people here and most seem to go to Avon. Won't be taking the car on the strip though.

Hopefully see you around.

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