damper identification

[ohc_turbo]

Further to my post earlier on today for the first time I have located my escort axle and at very dusky light I quickly fitted the damper and can see a point that if the suspension is at it's minimum tension point ie if it had no or very little downwards force on it the shock would stop a partial amount of travel thus pull down on the point where the shock is mounted to.I will take pictures of setup on my project page. Depending on how much gap is there when it's easy to mount the dampers up at max droop will choose a decision to further with setup. From memory when working on cars that have outboard dampers they have always been hanging by the dampers and when undone the suspension moves down a tad to relax. It either will be okay with strengthening plates in the boot or a simply lowering bracket bolted to the beam.

[bmcecosse]

You should realise that when the car is cornering hard the suspension on one side will be compressed - and the body will lever the suspension on the other side down further than when it is naturally hanging on 'droop'. You really should NOT have the suspension travel limited (bump or droop) by the dampers. If needs be - fit straps as per the MGB rear axle.

[polo2k]

Why not just fit the right shocks from day one?

If the damper hits the end of its travel then its going to upset the balance of the chassis.

Someone posted some spax links a while ago:
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1prng/ ... m/info.php

Page 14 has the minor kits on it and page 22-23 there is a load of info about desigining your own damper that might be useful.

I think these are adjustable too so it will let you get the car handling how you like.