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2009-11-03 18:08:20
#11
Originally Posted by xnissan240x
I am really not sure what the spring rates are. Now that I think of it they have to be over 500 pound rates.

That is really stiff for the street. Is this going to be a track warrior?

Originally Posted by xnissan240x
And yeah man I cant wait to do.....a cage.

Is this a street car or a track-only vehicle?


Good lookin' Classic.
2009-11-03 19:18:30
#12
Originally Posted by BenFenner
In theory it would be best if the tires never lifted.
In practice suspensions are not perfect and anti-sway bars are used to effectively raise the suspension spring rate in a turn only (to prevent sway but allow a softer main spring) at the expense of lifting the inside tire(s) off the ground in certain situations. Also suspensions have a physical droop limit.

It's a trade-off. That's really all there is to it.


This man speaks the tr00f!! Big sway bars and adjusting the shock dampening to a soft setting yields tremendous results.
2009-11-03 21:28:11
#13
Originally Posted by Shawn
That is really stiff for the street. Is this going to be a track warrior?


Is this a street car or a track-only vehicle?


Good lookin' Classic.


This car is going to be for full track purpose one day haha. But I do not mind driving it with a cage, no ac and solid mounts lol.
2009-11-03 22:39:20
#14
lol watch ur head
2009-11-03 23:30:07
#15
I am going to try to get 4 falken azenis this week for it as well.
2009-11-04 01:05:13
#16
Originally Posted by lynchfourtwenty
lol watch ur head


Yeah man. I have seen some drift videos where the camera man in the passenger seat has actually been knocked out from hitting the main hoop so hard.
2009-11-04 01:39:03
#17
ya, my car has to carry around 3 children so i wont be able to do a cage or gut my interior..
2009-11-04 15:36:34
#18
Originally Posted by xnissan240x
Yeah man. I have seen some drift videos where the camera man in the passenger seat has actually been knocked out from hitting the main hoop so hard.

That was my point.

I would be worried about my cranium in a street car with a cage and no helmet on my skull. The cage itself could be more dangerous to my head than the initial wreck (of any sort) and impact.

You could pad the sh*t out of the cage where it is near your body. However, I don't know how effective that would be. *Seems like* it would be as good as a "padded dash" or any other interior surface that is metal covered with OEM materials.

Nissan certainly did not "pad" the damn auto-seatbelt hunks of solid metal at the upper rear window corner of our doors. And those are certainly within "bashing distance" of your skull. (Which is one reason why I did the "B14 Seatbelt Conversion.")
2009-11-04 16:02:57
#19
I actually have a set of rjs 4 point harnesses I am thinking about putting in my ser. I really do hate the door mounted seat belts.
2009-12-04 13:56:55
#20
Originally Posted by xnissan240x
I actually have a set of rjs 4 point harnesses I am thinking about putting in my ser. I really do hate the door mounted seat belts.


Keep in mind that by using a 4 point without a Hans, you're at greater risk of detaching your spinal cord in a hard crash. You're also at greater risk of submarining under the belts. Believe it or not the stock 3 point does a better job at preventing both. Unless you get at least a 5 point with a head and neck restraint and wear a helmet, you would be nothing short of foolish, IMO.
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