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mk-1 valver hybrid question...
- Thread starter Bluebeard
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Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Running 172 shocks, springs and topmounts?
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
No, Valver coilovers. 172 shocks were too long.
riz
ClioSport Club Member
Jaguar XFR
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Is that a standard practice??
Never donr the whole 'camber' thing before. If I do that, whats to stop it slipping back over time??
riz
ClioSport Club Member
Jaguar XFR
Coming from a Z4M driver, " Ultimate Need Machine"
its because they are valver coilovers...
williams shocks/coilovers are different, due to them being made for williams widetrack
the exact same happens if you run valver shocks on williams widetrack
you now have 172 widetrack that is even wider than williams widetrack, with valver shocks, so you have EVEN MORE camber
ideally you need williams shocks of some sort (standard or coilovers) to get around it properly.
williams shocks/coilovers are different, due to them being made for williams widetrack
the exact same happens if you run valver shocks on williams widetrack
you now have 172 widetrack that is even wider than williams widetrack, with valver shocks, so you have EVEN MORE camber
ideally you need williams shocks of some sort (standard or coilovers) to get around it properly.
182
pics?
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Ok cool. Thought as much. Will williams stuff fit on my newly machined 172 hubs? What are you running Jordan?
Not till its finished. About 2 weeks hopefully. Getting wired up this weekend
182
Not till its finished. About 2 weeks hopefully. Getting wired up this weekend
Just wanted to see what the camber was like, t'was all!
yes should fit perfectly fine.
im running williams coilovers (fks) with 172 AST solid top mounts.
I had the holes for the bolts on the coilover made 1mm larger (0.5mm off all the way round), to accomodate 172 hub bolts and nuts...
Wiring, are you keeping the valver loom inside etc and merging the 172 loom to it from the engine bay, or going fully 172 looms?
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
I bought the adapted loom from Beaniemoo's white valver mate. So valver car loom mated to 172 engine loom. Oh, and his unlocked ECU. Plug and play he reckons!!
Why did you fit the bigger hub bolts mate? Is that needed? I don't really have time to get stuff machined again! lol.
Why did you fit the bigger hub bolts mate? Is that needed? I don't really have time to get stuff machined again! lol.
cool.
i fitted bigger bolts as the 172 hubs take bolts that are 1mm larger than williams/valver ones, fatter so to speak...plus stronger
I didnt want the bolts 'moving round' in the holes once they had been bolted through.
Depending on what coilover choice (or standard williams), its only a 2 minute job to get the holes made larger!
i fitted bigger bolts as the 172 hubs take bolts that are 1mm larger than williams/valver ones, fatter so to speak...plus stronger
I didnt want the bolts 'moving round' in the holes once they had been bolted through.
Depending on what coilover choice (or standard williams), its only a 2 minute job to get the holes made larger!
well.....what hub bolts are you using at the moment, the valver ones?
did you put the valver ones through the hub to check size? they should be 1mm to small, not a spot on fit, so the hub has got room to move technically
thats the only reason i used 172 bolts really, as they are spot on fit to the 172 hubs....then made the holes larger on the shock to fit the 172 bolts...sorted. whiteley did the same too.
did you put the valver ones through the hub to check size? they should be 1mm to small, not a spot on fit, so the hub has got room to move technically
thats the only reason i used 172 bolts really, as they are spot on fit to the 172 hubs....then made the holes larger on the shock to fit the 172 bolts...sorted. whiteley did the same too.
well I went for FK as they were ok on my old car, and not a bad price, plus i was making the holes bigger so didnt want to be modifying 700quid coilovers etc
They have been spot on to be honest, well good enough for me at the moment. Done about 10k or so and had no issues, and about 2k with the AST top mounts on which made them alot better....
They have been spot on to be honest, well good enough for me at the moment. Done about 10k or so and had no issues, and about 2k with the AST top mounts on which made them alot better....
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