Miata Mailing List: March 2000, Message #109

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From: "Werner Cassel" <werner@miata.net>
Subject:Re: Konis and Bumpstops
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 16:17:26 -0500


On 1 Mar 00, Christopher_Chu@Raytheon.com said:

> 
> 
> Brad,
> 
> In fact, his car was lowered about 2" with aftermarket springs. And we
> figured there was only about .5 to 1" of rear suspension travel before
> hitting bumpstops.
> 
> I'm not sure about Werner's setup.
...
I can't believe there is anyone left on this list who does not know 
my setup!   ;-)
Stock springs, Konis on lowest perch, JR sways (soft front, middle 
hole rear).
....
 Maybe his car is sitting on the
> bumpstops all the time. In that case, spring rate is high but could be
> quite linear.
....
I guess Brua does spend quite some time on the bump stops 
(cornering), but definitely not all the time.

Werner



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