Hey everybody,
Asking for a bit of help here, just refreshed my whole NA1 91 suspension with the following and i have a few questions.
- Every bushing ( though it was rubber but they are AS Racing Polyurethane )
- BC Coilover with swift springs 8kg/10kg
- Rear non compliance toe link and pillow bushing from SOS
- All the front knuckles, links, etc are new.
- Both front Type R strut brace
- Front Type R antiroll bar
My questions :
1) I have horrible squeak from the front only, any idea where it can come from ? My guess is the poly bushings, i wanted new rubber but had to buy the complete arms so i went with that might have just stick with my originals... Maybe there is a way to get rid of the squeak ?
2) The suspension feels good, but very similar to my old originals shocks and springs. ( I am in the middle setting, 7 clicks from 14 )
It doesn't really feel like an upgrade, is it normal ?
The rear non compliance toe link and bushing are really fantastic the cars feels much more stable and predictable.
3) But my main problem is the steering, it is now heavier than a USSR war truck. The car was even weird to drive at first, steering felt vague for 100miles then got much better ( guess everything was new and needed setting up or breaking in ). Now it feels ok from turning like 45degrees left or 45degrees right but above, at any given speed it is 3 times heavier than it was before, from a standing still it won't move with any force given.
The car is lowered from the original height by 20mm, i run the oem fatfives 15/16 with yoko AD08R, and my mechanic who knows NSX well, did a standard alignement.
I have read the thread about the geometry and i am willing to try something else.
Does this heavy steering feel comes from the type R sway ? the type R strut brace ? Maybe the standard alignement doesn't work with those upgrades ? Or the poly bushings ?
I did lot of karting and usually the heavy steering comes from a lot of caster.
Long fast corner are weird, if wanna change to another lane in a high speed corne the steering feels like it is stuck, it will go but not in a linear smooth way it will be kind of grubby.
The front end doesn't wash out and has good stable grip in roundabout or tight corners and the rear is very stable too and doesn't rotate on me at all. I really like the overall balance I just don't like the front right now.
Thanks a lot for the appreciated help or feedback
Hadrien
Asking for a bit of help here, just refreshed my whole NA1 91 suspension with the following and i have a few questions.
- Every bushing ( though it was rubber but they are AS Racing Polyurethane )
- BC Coilover with swift springs 8kg/10kg
- Rear non compliance toe link and pillow bushing from SOS
- All the front knuckles, links, etc are new.
- Both front Type R strut brace
- Front Type R antiroll bar
My questions :
1) I have horrible squeak from the front only, any idea where it can come from ? My guess is the poly bushings, i wanted new rubber but had to buy the complete arms so i went with that might have just stick with my originals... Maybe there is a way to get rid of the squeak ?
2) The suspension feels good, but very similar to my old originals shocks and springs. ( I am in the middle setting, 7 clicks from 14 )
It doesn't really feel like an upgrade, is it normal ?
The rear non compliance toe link and bushing are really fantastic the cars feels much more stable and predictable.
3) But my main problem is the steering, it is now heavier than a USSR war truck. The car was even weird to drive at first, steering felt vague for 100miles then got much better ( guess everything was new and needed setting up or breaking in ). Now it feels ok from turning like 45degrees left or 45degrees right but above, at any given speed it is 3 times heavier than it was before, from a standing still it won't move with any force given.
The car is lowered from the original height by 20mm, i run the oem fatfives 15/16 with yoko AD08R, and my mechanic who knows NSX well, did a standard alignement.
I have read the thread about the geometry and i am willing to try something else.
Does this heavy steering feel comes from the type R sway ? the type R strut brace ? Maybe the standard alignement doesn't work with those upgrades ? Or the poly bushings ?
I did lot of karting and usually the heavy steering comes from a lot of caster.
Long fast corner are weird, if wanna change to another lane in a high speed corne the steering feels like it is stuck, it will go but not in a linear smooth way it will be kind of grubby.
The front end doesn't wash out and has good stable grip in roundabout or tight corners and the rear is very stable too and doesn't rotate on me at all. I really like the overall balance I just don't like the front right now.
Thanks a lot for the appreciated help or feedback
Hadrien