Miata Mailing List: November 1998, Message #277

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On 10 Nov 98 at 16:35, Jeremy Schuster <jls@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Severe pogoing is generally a symptom of too much rebound damping,
> epecially if it gets progressively worse as you go through a
> steady-state corner(off ramp).   Are you running the shocks at
> full-hard?  If so, back them off quite a bit and see if the bouncing
> doesn't subside somewhat.  

Hmm - yes, on "4"  (out of "5") - I came to that setting by what felt 
firm and crisp, without making the car skate on the pavement (as it 
does when set to "5") - I remember hearing about a factory BMW team 
that determined the fastest lap times were with the "most" body 
roll... didn't look as cool, but turned in faster lap times.  Not 
that I want faster lap times on the street, but I would think implied 
in that data point is a more stable car.

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>  If it does, you've probably got too much rebound.

rebound damping, I presume you mean?

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> BTW, you did trim the bumpstops, right?   ;-)

yup - on the rears only - per Cardell's instruction at the time of FM 
spring installation.

Thanks for the continued input - I will try messing around more with 
the shock settings, and listen more to handling input rather than 
body roll this time around...

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