@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Ducati asked if I finished the '28 Sport Coupe. I was just saying that I am getting egged on to bring the Camaro into the shop before the rod comes back in lol
Theoretically, I should be able to install coilovers on my own with a fairly basic set of tools, correct? As opposed to me having to put the springs on myself, which I can't do, because I dont have the squeezy spring thing that people have in YouTube videos about changing struts.
@BobCross - I'll second that ... as long as you're talking about valve spring compressors ... oh, you're talking about shock/spring compressors ... those aren't expensive either.
The site is english based, but as long as it is an accepted form of english, there's no issue. There is a synonym for tyre -> tire in the tags, but that's only to keep them inside the same tag.
@Darth_Vader Exactly
It is completely understandable either way, and it only seeks to piss off Brits when we change it.
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@DucatiKiller So about that rabbit hole. Now I've started reading about sway bar physics.
I'm officially overwhelmed. I think its probably best to go all OE replacement parts as needed and just get the car back to normal again. Then later if I have extra money I can take more controlled small steps if I want to change anything
I'm going to drive it until I have to leave it on the side of a highway somewhere. I'll just salute, and walk away without looking back. I feel like that's an honorable death for a car.
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Sure. If you ever come across a silver prelude with the keys in it on the side of the road in the Northeast US, and you can fix it, it's yours. You're welcome in advance.
The problem I keep having is I do understand the theories, but I have no experience, and none of the information out there really pertains to rough roads. I can imagine how a car will behave on a perfect surface but that's nothing like my normal driving conditions.
So I'm definitely replacing the busted control arm, I'll replace the front struts with the OEM ones, I'll look for anything else blatantly wrong, make sure the sway bar isn't screwed up, then start thinking about options.
@Darth_Vader Yeah well that was my idea at first too. Then I started doing the research. Then I got intimidated and overwhelmed by options. Hence back to OEM. Unless I have an epiphany.
@Darth_Vader It's served me well in the past but I havent ordered a lot from them. I got a half axle, a couple calipers, and a flywheel from them over the past few years. No problems.
I always go junk yard for body parts. Helps that my next door neighbor does body work professionally and takes side jobs in his front yard.
Although right now, I have so much body work to do. I keep putting it off because literally every time I have work done in NYC, within a month somebody rips something off of it, usually while I'm parked.
The only part in good shape is the trunk, lol. Except it has some semi permanent coffee cup rings on it.
I liked bagged trucks and european cars. . . Mostly anything custom. Used to air brush when I was younger which let to customizing and then I have a big technical background so I got into car stereo and building enclosures.
I love trucks, so it really depends on the what I can get. Thought about building a bagged and body dropped dually but finding a platform is hard.. cant find one with a 454 with miles under 150k
saw a couple of 53 fords that have been retro fitted with an s10 frame but obtaining parts that aren't price gouged is tough
@JonathanMusso why not answer the question and get rep?
@Darth_Vader I will probably this evening. I'll see what's available in my club, there are lots of hidden gems throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
@JasonC - I see one problem with your question ... what does "rough" mean? How do you quantify "rough"?
Also, your thinking about how much g force would be exerted down upon the wheel when hitting a hole may not be accurate, considering what I learned from the "Engineering Explained" guy yesterday concerning suspensions.
> By "rough" roads I mean typical non-perfect driving conditions that you may encounter on a daily basis: Think patches, seams, and potholes on highways, think ripple, ruts, and depressions (e.g. typical road wear near stop signs, on roads frequented by trucks, etc.) on urban roads, post-construction patches, stripped roads being prepped for resurfacing, raised manholes, drain depressions, that kind of thing. It's a wide definition, but I don't mean off-road or post-apocalyptic conditions.
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I based that claim on that video. The assumption is that the springs are compressed enough that it expands all the way into the pothole. But I'll pull that 1g out so it doesn't get distracting. It's not relevant.
@JasonC - He suggests though, that if the suspension is compressed enough to expand the whole way to the bottom of the hole, it is moving at better than 1g (where g is a measure of acceleration).
I've been pleasantly surprised the QPD has stayed above 10 for almost three months now. We had been trying and trying the later part of 2015 to get it there, then finally it hopped over and we haven't ducked below it ... Now, I hope I haven't jinxed us.
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