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YOUR RESEARCHNeed a specialist for suspension set up
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I recommend people go back to stock or switch out to another brand that's easier for 3rd parties to revalve.
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They like to pogo over bad roads on top of the initial impact harshness, which can only be "solved" by turning the rebound setting basically all the way down.
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okay, performance-wise, but I've never found a comfortable setting even with top-dollar Swift springs.
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Then you have to obsessively change the setting for every road to avoid the pogo-ing.
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They like to pogo over bad roads on top of the initial impact harshness, which can only be "solved" by turning the rebound setting basically all the way down.
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All,
I have had my 996 for 18 months, it has had feal coilovers installed and the ride height appears to be lowered.
the ride is crashy and it has a weird thing where it will lift one wheel front or back when going up or down my driveway and onto the camber of the road,
so i think its lost its suspensions travel, from a few conversations it needs some additional components, i'm not tracking and would like a better more compliant ride whilst maintaining somewhat of a lowered stance.
I am not aware of anyone in Louisiana that can dial these cars in perhaps im wrong and there is someone here, I am looking for a recommendation for a suspension specialist in nearby states or perhaps Florida as i have friends down there i could go see, hopefully in central Florida
Orlando, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Miami is also possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
Gary
Feal coilovers are crashy even compared to their competitors. I have tried to make them work on various platforms, they're... okay, performance-wise, but I've never found a comfortable setting even with top-dollar Swift springs. They like to pogo over bad roads on top of the initial impact harshness, which can only be "solved" by turning the rebound setting basically all the way down. Then you have to obsessively change the setting for every road to avoid the pogo-ing. Super not versatile. I recommend people go back to stock or switch out to another brand that's easier for 3rd parties to revalve.
The wheel lifting has multiple causes. 1) the construction of the damper itself doesn't have very long travel, similar to BC Racing, Fortune Auto and other "universal + adapter" coilover systems, and 2) the spring rate, which tends to be 2-4x higher than stock. As you lift up a corner of the car the spring (F = kx) loses force to push the wheel down, while the anti-roll bar is holding the wheel up. The bar will win, so one wheel winds up in the air. This is noticeable even when stock, but very pronounced when you have stiff springs and short dampers.
If you want to be low but comfortable, Ohlins is the best bang for buck. I race (BMW, not Porsche) on highly modified BC coilovers and it works, very comfortable on and off-track but slowly gets worse at body control as the dampers overheat. They're cheap enough to the point that you can swap out the used Feals and break even, but I know plenty of folks on this forum will thumb their noses up at a Taiwanese coilover.
All true. Also possible the previous owner cranked up the preload on the Feals, and that there isn�t enough droop. Feal 441s ride super low and if the OP�s car doesn�t have front end spacers, it�s possible they tried to raise it with preload which would make them extra-crashy. Correcting that should be trivial for a shop. They�re still not going to be Ohlins, but might be more liveable for the OP.
Thanks for the input, i have confirmed that there is no bump steer kit, if you are referring to the spacers to lower the toe links to a more standard angle.
