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Forum Mod  5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
18th Feb, 2006 at 03:15:56pm
OK my Sprint ride height is pretty low but how low can you go on the front without risking popping the top balljoint out?
I seriously doubt it! |
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 6274 Posts Member #: 509 Post Whore Isle of Man |
18th Feb, 2006 at 05:15:06pm
Not sure on any figures, but Id imagine that miglias have them at either the lowest possible, or the optimum height, so might be a good rule to measure by...? "Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"
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 2102 Posts Member #: 432 Post Whore Swindon |
18th Feb, 2006 at 05:20:58pm
well i wouldnr recoment going too low as mine hits every speed bump i go over (litterally, not moving) and the today i hit a random bump in the road and it fell clean of LMFAO left cars swerving all over the place lol |
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Forum Mod  1322 Posts Member #: 28 Post Whore Milton Keynes |
18th Feb, 2006 at 05:50:40pm
Im sure ive read about owners moving the pivot point of the top arm up higher in the subframe - quite what this does to the suspension geometry i dont know.... |
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 2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
18th Feb, 2006 at 05:53:43pm
the first thign to "go" when lowering the car is the knuckle joint, it fouls the top arm and snapps, experienced this myself ona seriously low mini with no bump stops... so relievign the top arm would be a good place to start, unless ofcource you run coilovers! turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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Forum Mod 5933 Posts Member #: 784 9 times Avon Park Class C winner Milton Keynes |
18th Feb, 2006 at 06:30:17pm
On 18/02/2006 17:50:40 SumpNut said:
Im sure ive read about owners moving the pivot point of the top arm up higher in the subframe - quite what this does to the suspension geometry i dont know.... This is a route I have been thinking about actually ( I thought it was my idea, didnt realise others were doing it). What it does is change the angle of the outermost part of the top arm where the balljoint goes through, which stops the top balljoint popping out. Paul I seriously doubt it! |
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Forum Mod 10980 Posts Member #: 17 ***16*** SouthPark, Colorado |
19th Feb, 2006 at 06:25:39am
It also changes your effective spring rate at the front... running the arm at such a steep angle is giving a very soft, and un-progressive springrate. Bringing the arm more level will improve matters condiderably.
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2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
19th Feb, 2006 at 12:48:16pm
isnt TVRdave or whatever hes called on here performed similar modifications to his car? turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
19th Feb, 2006 at 03:54:15pm
We never did it but did think about it.
Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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 982 Posts Member #: 97 Post Whore Near Daventry, midlands |
20th Feb, 2006 at 09:17:53am
i've been setting my height to the engine, in that i always set the height so that the driveshafts are level/parallel with the ground. Purely for minimising transmission losses. I've seen the future and tbh its Pie
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 7765 Posts Member #: 74 I pick holes in everything.. Chief ancient post excavator |
20th Feb, 2006 at 09:44:19am
I'm I-m not completely mistaken, Miglia guys machine the top suspension joint downwards so to speak. The hub gets "lower". Maybe the isn't allowed in Miglias, but Special saloon guys does it I know... It takes a lot of money to do this at least... On 13th Jul, 2012 Ben H said:
Mine gets in the way a bit, but only when it is up. If it is down it does not cause a problem. |
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 253 Posts Member #: 851 Senior Member Hereford |
21st Feb, 2006 at 10:39:38pm
Just a slight O/T question, you know the Mini Minus, the lower one...
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Site Admin  9408 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
21st Feb, 2006 at 11:39:54pm
Paul on my mini it mesures 7.5" on the front 8" on the rear, On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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 6966 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
23rd Feb, 2006 at 04:56:30pm
thasts why i use metro screw in ball joints, more articulation , but are still on the limit
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9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
23rd Feb, 2006 at 08:08:25pm
^^ I knew that. Just not got round to doing it. Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph
On 2nd Jan, 2013 fastcarl said:
the design shows a distinct lack of imagination, talk about starting off with a clean sheet of paper, then not bothering to fucking draw on it,lol On 20th Apr, 2012 Paul S said:
I'm mainly concerned about swirl in the runners caused by the tangential entry. |
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 3341 Posts Member #: 218 Post Whore Bingley, West Yorkshire |
24th Feb, 2006 at 07:13:26pm
also take a look at the hudd mini spares mini they have that really low Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
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Site Admin  8506 Posts Member #: 16 Sold the turbo and seeing what the C20XE can do! Near Lincoln |
26th Feb, 2006 at 11:53:31am
My car (i say mine but i dont fetch it for 2 weeks!) runs 6" of ground clearance i think |
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 1128 Posts Member #: 142 Post Whore Winchester |
27th Feb, 2006 at 07:41:33am
dogmatix minus look so low because they have a couple of inches chopped out of the shell making the shell itself lower than an ordinary mini, the suspension is the same |
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) were talking about doing this before stuffing the last mini. Maybe they've done it on this rebuild?
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