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Hi guys,
After driving my recently acquired 500 around for a bit, ive arrived at two conclusions 1) the dampers are shot 2) i'd like it to look a bit lower, especially in the front, and roll a bit less in the corners.
So im considering a lowered leaf spring, the "eyes on top" type (id love the coilover/wishbone setup, but that is twice the cost of a decent 4 corner setup), a pair of 19cm springs in the back. Im just not entirely sure on what to do on the damper front. I kind of assume just getting new stock dampers will be a decent improvement over the current ones, but i can also get a set of harder/shortened dampers, the only catch being that they cost twice as much.
Basically, given the simplicity of the car (and the 650 engine giving it a bit of poke), i want to get it feeling as much as a road legal go-kart as possible, without breaking my spine on every single ridge (and breaking the bank)
After driving my recently acquired 500 around for a bit, ive arrived at two conclusions 1) the dampers are shot 2) i'd like it to look a bit lower, especially in the front, and roll a bit less in the corners.
So im considering a lowered leaf spring, the "eyes on top" type (id love the coilover/wishbone setup, but that is twice the cost of a decent 4 corner setup), a pair of 19cm springs in the back. Im just not entirely sure on what to do on the damper front. I kind of assume just getting new stock dampers will be a decent improvement over the current ones, but i can also get a set of harder/shortened dampers, the only catch being that they cost twice as much.
Basically, given the simplicity of the car (and the 650 engine giving it a bit of poke), i want to get it feeling as much as a road legal go-kart as possible, without breaking my spine on every single ridge (and breaking the bank)