Suspension tuning for mercury cougar?
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With what aim in mind, Risei?
Are you interested in handling stability or pace, for example?
A few basic ideas are to soften the stabalisers right down (I've even run them at 1 before now), raise the ride height a fair way (30 to 40 clicks from the bottom), soften the dampers down (particularly the rebound) and experiment with the Toe settings to see if 0/0 is really 'factory default'
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Are you interested in handling stability or pace, for example?
A few basic ideas are to soften the stabalisers right down (I've even run them at 1 before now), raise the ride height a fair way (30 to 40 clicks from the bottom), soften the dampers down (particularly the rebound) and experiment with the Toe settings to see if 0/0 is really 'factory default'
.Handling, i'm doing the nurb 25 laps on 1000 miles. I got the speed sussed, and im pretty good with power settings, i know nothing about suspension though, i have tried doing some stuff myself, i made the ride height minimum, and 6.0 camber. It works quite well but the camber angle looks very weird.
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I would've thought that you'd be jumping all over the shop with the ride height slammed 
! Also, 6.0 Camber sounds awfully large - I seldom run anything other than the stock camber values unless I'm getting desperate to cure a particular handling quirk.
If you let me know what physical mods you've done to the car (i.e. hardware changes) then I'll have a go at dialing her in if you like? Of course, this will mean that she's suited to my driving style rather than yours and so may feel horribly wrong to you.
I'd suggest you take a look at the stickied threads on tuning as they hold all the information you'll need to learn how to balance a car for yourself 👍.
EDIT: As it happens, I'm fettling a Lotus Elan into shape to do the same race
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! Also, 6.0 Camber sounds awfully large - I seldom run anything other than the stock camber values unless I'm getting desperate to cure a particular handling quirk.If you let me know what physical mods you've done to the car (i.e. hardware changes) then I'll have a go at dialing her in if you like? Of course, this will mean that she's suited to my driving style rather than yours and so may feel horribly wrong to you.
I'd suggest you take a look at the stickied threads on tuning as they hold all the information you'll need to learn how to balance a car for yourself 👍.
EDIT: As it happens, I'm fettling a Lotus Elan into shape to do the same race
.I have a tad of i think its oversteer.. where the tiniest turn at speed sends the car gliding to the side, then i turn and it snaps back.
I have full suspension kit, full transmission (so i could edit gear ratios) im doing something right though, i did the gear ratios so it now does 175 instead of 120
I added a supercharger aswell, i dont think i did any tires. And i slapped on some pimpin rims, but no spoiler.
I was originally snaking through the used car lot and i saw this for a very reasonably 15k i think it was. So i snapped it up quickly, just as a fun car but it occured to me it was eligible to enter the nurb enduro on 1000 miles so i started to change it.
I have full suspension kit, full transmission (so i could edit gear ratios) im doing something right though, i did the gear ratios so it now does 175 instead of 120
I added a supercharger aswell, i dont think i did any tires. And i slapped on some pimpin rims, but no spoiler.
I was originally snaking through the used car lot and i saw this for a very reasonably 15k i think it was. So i snapped it up quickly, just as a fun car but it occured to me it was eligible to enter the nurb enduro on 1000 miles so i started to change it.
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From the top of my head:
Front/Rear
Springs: 9.0/7.5
Rideheight: 90/95
Damper Bounce: 4/3
Damper Rebound: 7/6
Camber: 2.5/1.2
Toe: -1/2
Stabilizers: 4/4
Otherwise the LSD is pretty important. Try 20/50/25.
Also no TCS or ASM.
Brake balance controller: 7/6
That´s all. Remember that this is just from the top of my head. I haven´t tried this out, so don´t take this as some absolute setup. There is most certainly room for improvement!
Front/Rear
Springs: 9.0/7.5
Rideheight: 90/95
Damper Bounce: 4/3
Damper Rebound: 7/6
Camber: 2.5/1.2
Toe: -1/2
Stabilizers: 4/4
Otherwise the LSD is pretty important. Try 20/50/25.
Also no TCS or ASM.
Brake balance controller: 7/6
That´s all. Remember that this is just from the top of my head. I haven´t tried this out, so don´t take this as some absolute setup. There is most certainly room for improvement!
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Sadly, I got the Elan working beautifully on N1 tyres but even with a full Ballast load the A-Spec reward from the race is too low (unless you have a Cobra in the grid, which means you wont win
!).I shall have to look for another prospect and work on her tonight. I reckon that the only European ones with a chance of pulling in the A-Spec are likely to be the old Alfa's. I know there are a couple of old Japanese cars that can do the job (including the '63 Skyline) but I 'd rather not use those if I can avoid it.
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