KW V3 ride height recommendations
02-19-2010, 07:05 AM
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Also clearly if you take your t/bs out you will have to get different springs and the valving may not work as designed by the factory or at least might need re valving?
02-19-2010, 11:45 AM
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I've been debating doing this myself so I can adjust my KWs easier. What weight springs are you using in the rear? And did you order them direct from KW or someone else?
Also, have you modified the control arms at all? I'm at about 315mm front (317mm rear) and my arms have definitely lost some travel. Debating installing the Racer's Edge arms. Or maybe I'll just delete the torsion bar and raise the car up a bit again.
Also, have you modified the control arms at all? I'm at about 315mm front (317mm rear) and my arms have definitely lost some travel. Debating installing the Racer's Edge arms. Or maybe I'll just delete the torsion bar and raise the car up a bit again.
02-19-2010, 07:02 PM
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02-19-2010, 07:14 PM
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I would imagine you do not want to run V3's without the torsion bar because the V3 spring rate would be off by a fair amount I guess. If you went with the V2 and custom spring rates it should not be an issue.
02-19-2010, 07:17 PM
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Yes, please post that info. I'm sure it's nothing confidential.
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02-21-2010, 05:58 PM
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The KW engineers had no issues with running a 500lb spring and no torsion bars with the V3, and said it would work quite well. They recommended 1-2 more clicks of rebound over factory preset. I easily have enough adjustment left to over damp this spring rate. I actually settled on the factory compression setting.
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02-21-2010, 06:01 PM
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Thanks Travis.
02-21-2010, 06:40 PM
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So is a 500lb rear spring with no torsion bar approx. the same effective rate as the standard V3 kit supplied rear spring with a torsion bar installed?
Otherwise, you'd also want to change your front springs to balance, presumably.
Travis, if could PM me the full email correspondence, I'd appreciate it.
BTW, the standard kit spring rates installed with the torsion bars feel very balanced "out of the box", at least to me... managed about 15 laps at Lakeside on Saturday before non-suspension related issues forced an early retirement. I am impressed. Seems to have cured the oversteer tendencies of my previous set-up. This is with stock S2 sways...
I was just starting with the recommended "street" settings, too (for ride height, bump and rebound settings). Next time I'll try the "track" settings to compare. It just seems like a very well thought out "plug and play" kit, as people have said many times...
Otherwise, you'd also want to change your front springs to balance, presumably.
Travis, if could PM me the full email correspondence, I'd appreciate it.
BTW, the standard kit spring rates installed with the torsion bars feel very balanced "out of the box", at least to me... managed about 15 laps at Lakeside on Saturday before non-suspension related issues forced an early retirement. I am impressed. Seems to have cured the oversteer tendencies of my previous set-up. This is with stock S2 sways...
I was just starting with the recommended "street" settings, too (for ride height, bump and rebound settings). Next time I'll try the "track" settings to compare. It just seems like a very well thought out "plug and play" kit, as people have said many times...
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