Oct 11, 2008 3:49:40 PM
- cannga
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- Reply to: Alex_997TT
Re: REPORT: Suspension upgrades with Bilstein + GM
One of the things that Bilstein had told me during my many calls to them LOL, and that I didn't "dare" to mention before because it's so outside of my range of knowledge/expertise that I could be wrong, is that there is continuous adjustment to the dampening in the dampeners (for those new to this: coilover has 2 parts, the dampener and the spring) ACCORDING TO SPEED. I believe (not sure), that a slow speed, the dampening is high, at high speed, low. This would be consistent with your observation.
I see the same behavior in my car. Don't know if this is what you are talking about, but for example, at freeway speed, the car is almost
glacially smooth, yet at less than 10 mph, speed bumps, etc., cause a big jump. I did not think much of this until reading your post recently. Astute observation on your part. 
Any expert on PASM please correct me as necessary.
I see the same behavior in my car. Don't know if this is what you are talking about, but for example, at freeway speed, the car is almost
glacially smooth, yet at less than 10 mph, speed bumps, etc., cause a big jump. I did not think much of this until reading your post recently. Astute observation on your part.
Any expert on PASM please correct me as necessary.
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Alex_997TT said:
The only thing that I am a little concerned with is the stiffness of the car over rough terrain, especially when going slow.
I am sure you could get way more if you sacrified your clutch on the start line.
I thought you might have copied and pasted the whole table (including the incorrect unit) from somewhere else. 
