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240 ride heights

Posted by Jesse Leonard 
Jesse Leonard
Jesse Leonard
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Location: FL
Join Date: 08/06/2007
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Rally Car:
Volvo 242


240 ride heights
August 06, 2007 02:28PM
I'm working with bilstein HD's front and rear with 250lb/in front springs and 200lb/in rear springs. i found the scans for the escort wrc and i think if i shoot for the gravel specifications then i'll have a nice setup for my daily driver that'll see aweful asphalt roads as well as some gravel roads.

http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/rwsrally/escort_wrc/?action=view&current=escort_wrc_31.jpg

i'm running 205/55/15 tires which come out to ~607mm, the specs page there calls for 650mm tires, should i still stick to the ride height specs it gives?
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JohnLane
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Location: Lynden Washington
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The Fire Breathing Monster


Re: 240 ride heights
August 13, 2007 10:06AM
I enjoyed my rallycar the most when it had 400lb/in front springs and 225lb/in springs in the rear. I was using the Volvo R-Sport struts and shocks. 552197 and 552198 for part numbers if memory serves. Get the valving that was in those shocks and put that into your Bilstiens for fun and excitement. I ran the rallycar at +-1" over stock height and did not use swaybars on gravel. For the tarmac event I did with it it got a pair of IPd swaybars and a set of mostly used up race tires. This was good for fast time of the day by a margin.



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