Spec Your Suspension Setup

[kilauea 7]

Engine type: 1.9 8v circa 123bhp

car use: road / track day

ride height: -30mm

 

Front setup: -30mm Autofive springs, KYB AGX shocks, grp N rubbers.

Rear setup: KYB AGX shocks, Grp A rear mounts.

 

Springs seem a bit harsh, but very predictable and solid feeling otherwise.

Shocks adjusted to 2 at front and 6 at back.

[pug_ham 240 3 Cars]

Engine Type - 1905cc 8v, 1.6 Be3 with Quaife ATB.

Car use - road & track days.

RIDE HEIGHT approx -35mm .

 

FRONT SETUP

Koni sport top adjustable "yellow" struts with Red springs as supplied in kit, group N top mount rubbers, upper & lower strut braces. Shock set to about 60% stiffness.

205 wishbones.

 

REAR BEAM

20mm torsion bars, 24mm arb

Bilstein tarmac group N shocks

zx arms.

Solid beam mounts.

 

Change to come over winter with stiffer front springs, slight lowering & 21mm torsion bars.

 

Graham.

[Veero 1]

205 with standard Mi16 engine road car

 

Ride height, Circa -20mm

 

Front setup - 306 GTI6 struts. Eibach 20mm drop springs, OMP upper strut brace

 

Rear setup - standard bars on 1.9 axle with KYB dampers

 

If anything the dampers are a little stiff on the back, shortly changing to 306 items.

Edited December 31, 2009 by Veero

[davidc 0]

Which / who's eccentric top mounts are most people using ?

 

 

Cheers,

David

[davepug205 7]

Engine Type - ..............

 

Car use - none yet

 

RIDE HEIGHT - .................

 

 

FRONT SETUP

Fully seamwelded subframe with Rose jointed tubular wishbones, fully adjustable type for castor/camber/ rollcentre,

406 hubs modified to lower rollcentre,

180lbs springs on bilstein tarmac inserts, coilovers bodies, with eccentric top mounts

 

 

REAR BEAM

Xsara vts rear beam on custom solid mounts (21mm torson bars)

 

BRAKES

 

None yet

 

 

Eccentric mounts where made by MED

Edited January 25, 2010 by davepug205

[petert 554]

Engine Type - S16 220hp BE3 4.7:1 Quaife ATB.

Car use - Supersprints & Hill climbs

RIDE HEIGHT approx -40mm .

 

FRONT SETUP

Grp A adj. wishbones

Custom valved Bilsteins

350lb springs

 

REAR BEAM

23mm torsion bars

25mm arb

Bilstein shocks

Solid beam mounts.

[205freak 7 1 Cars]

Engine Type- xuj5a 1.6

Car Use - weekend car

Ride Height Front- 35mm

Rear - 45mm

 

Front Set Up- Koni Sport 35mm

 

Rear Set Up - Koni Sport 45mm

 

Gr.N Beam/engine mounts

[tdr_1976 41 1 Cars]

CAR USE

Engine Type - TU3S XS

 

Car use - Road/Endurance Rallies

 

RIDE HEIGHT - Standard Height on Rear and standard plus 1" on Front

 

 

FRONT SETUP

 

Front suspension - Koni Adjustable Struts, with 205 Diesel Springs

 

REAR BEAM

 

Dampers - Standard

 

Torsion bars - Std

 

Arb - Std

 

With Group N bottom engine mount.

Edited January 26, 2010 by tdr_1976

[Bigtimmy 1]

CAR USE Track and occasional road

 

Engine Type - 1.9 gti Baffled sump, K&N, shiny bits, be3 box soon to have Trans X plate diff

 

RIDE HEIGHT - not sure. But 'sensibly lower' than standard.

 

FRONT SETUP

 

Front suspension - Gaz Golds, 300lb springs, 309 bottom arms & shafts, eccentric top mounts 309 arb and strut brace

 

 

REAR BEAM

 

Dampers - Bilstien Tarmac spec (yellow)

 

Torsion bars - 24mm

 

Arb - Std, soon to be 28mm

 

Solid beam mounts.

[lemmingzappa 75 1 Cars]

Engine Type - Standard 1.6 GTi

Car use - Road

Ride Height - Approx -30mm to -35mm Front & Rear

 

FRONT SETUP-

 

Gaz GHA Coilovers

180lb Springs

Standard GTi ARB

Baker BM Group N Top Mount Rubbers

 

REAR BEAM-

 

309 Rear Beam

Standard 309 Torsion Bar

Gaz GHA Dampers

Baker BM Group A Mounts

 

WHEELS & TYRES-

 

1.9 Speedlines on ZE-912's

[Cameron 16]

Oh go on then.

 

Engine Type - XU9J4RS

Car use - Track (& eventually hillclimb)

Ride Height - Something like 60mm front, 80mm rear.

 

FRONT SETUP

 

Gaz Gold dampers, 350lb springs

Standard ARB

Eccentric top mounts & 309 arms

-3mm camber

 

REAR BEAM-

 

Gaz Gold dampers, 24mm TB's

Standard ARB

ZX arms

-1.5mm camber, 0mm toe

 

WHEELS & TYRES-

 

S2 106 Rallye steelies

Yokohama AO48's (soft)

[JonnyGee 0]

still setting car up and finishing building but where is everyone getting the 309 beam torsion bars and arb's please? 24mm ect?

[Baz 421]

Alot of them no doubt are ex 205Parts items.

 

If you look through the Group Buys section i think 309PUG can still supply them. Or you can get a 306 GTi6/Xsara VTS ARB and cut it down & respline it/weld it as a cheap option.

[ravydavy 0]

ENGINE TYPE - Honda integra type r dc5 + box.

Car use - track mainly. Tried road and its awful.

Ride height - -50mm all round

 

FRONT SETUP - bilstein group A with 350lb springs

compbrake rose jointed arms - can't get enough castor on them.

eccentric topmounts -2 deg camber and bout 3 deg castor.

 

REAR BEAM - 309 beam with 23mm arb.

306 tarmac spec billies

solid mounts

 

WHEELS

 

pro race 1.2's with r888 and a048's

dunlop slicks yet to try

[swordfish210 20]

Engine type: 1360cc Alloy block 8v TU

Car use: Mainly track

Rideheight: Not sure, can't remember what it was as standard

Front Setup

 

1.9 Gti front subframe

309 GTI wishbones, Peugeot bushes

PTS Bilstein coilovers, Fixed platform

Bilstein Tarmac inserts

300lb 7" springs

Compbrake eccentric topmounts, mounted on top of the shell in the 11 and 1 o'clock position

Quaife quickrack

Standard GTI ARB (will probably disconnect in Hillclimb mode)

Rear Setup

 

1.9 GTI beam

Solid BBM mounts

24mm torsion bars

ZX trailing arms

Saxo VTR 22mm ARB

Koni Yellow dampers

 

Wheels and Tyres

 

Citroen C5 "Steels"

Yokohama A048 tyres 195/50/15

 

It's pretty stiff

Edited April 14, 2010 by swordfish210

[tomcolinjones 26]

Engine type: 1360cc Alloy block 8v TU3+w-s (weber DGV fitted)

Car use: Road Rally and Fast road sometimes

Rideheight: a little higher than 1.9 gti

 

Front Setup

 

1.9 Gti front subframe (reinforced allong with warious shell braces)

309 GTI wishbones, powerflex'd

Avo adjustable dampers, Gravel spec springs (standard height)

standard 1.9 arb, powerlex bushes again

modified 10pt cage, upper + lower strut braces. PAS rack(recon). new ends

 

Rear Setup

 

1.9 GTI beam, new standard dampers

Solid BBM mounts

24mm torsion bars

 

on the road i use a set of 1.9's with some eagle f1's.. the old ones.

it wants to go a litle lower on the front idiealy. but i need the clearence for the road rallys.

[Stu 18]

Mine is as such:

 

Mi16 on Webers and Megajolt, PeterT inlet cam, etc etc approx 185bhp. Mainly track use, occasional road work.

 

Front:

 

Adjustable Koni's with generic GSF 35mm lowering springs

BBM top mounts

309 bottom arms and shafts

Stock ARB

OMP Strutbrace

Stock hubs/uprights

 

Rear:

 

309 GTI beam and TB's

Adjustable Koni's

22mm ARB

Group A mounts

 

OMP tenpoint cage with additional gussets as i saw fit

 

Brakes:

 

Front - GTI-6 Disks/calipers, Mintex 1155's, 5.1 fluid.

Rear: Stock 205 1900 GTI setup with grooved disks and Mintex pads.

 

Tyres:

 

Road: Standard Speedlines, Parada Spec 2's.

Track (dry): Bridgestone Potenza "full slicks"

Track (wet): Dunlop SP Sport "wets"

[StuF215 1 1 Cars]

Engine type: 3.0L V6 ES9J4

 

Car use: Road only atm

 

Rideheight: around -10mm front , -30 at rear

 

Front Setup:

309 GTI wishbones, ARB

306 Hubs, 406 shafts

Gaz GHA's 275 lb springs

Eccentric top mounts

Japspeed strut brace

 

 

Rear Setup:

309 beam with Gaz GHA's

 

Brakes:

307 calipers and disks on front

On rear I have some calipers I found on 206 estate

 

Tyres:

I use Yoko Paradas

Edited April 19, 2010 by StuF215