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tiTTy & SV650
oops me giving duff info then sorry:
The Trophy suspension is lowered a further 10mm at the front with shorter springs. The dampers are supplied by Sachs Race Engineering and have a unique damping force/velocity curve. Usually used in competition cars, these dampers feature a remote reservoir to accommodate nearly 50% of the oil and gas. This remote reservoir provides three benefits:
Overall these chassis modifications give the Trophy much improved damping control at all speeds, improved traction and reduced body movements (roll and pitch). This is particularly noticeable on poor quality roads.
These dampers are much more expensive than those normally used on road cars and their use will always be restricted to specialist performance cars.
The Trophy suspension is lowered a further 10mm at the front with shorter springs. The dampers are supplied by Sachs Race Engineering and have a unique damping force/velocity curve. Usually used in competition cars, these dampers feature a remote reservoir to accommodate nearly 50% of the oil and gas. This remote reservoir provides three benefits:
- It liberates enough space to package a thicker, and therefore stiffer damper rod, thus increasing camber compliance
- The increased oil volume brings better thermal stability, to enable the damper to maintain optimal performance at all times
- The space liberated allows a better quality for the hydraulic components to enable the damper valving to work more effectively
Overall these chassis modifications give the Trophy much improved damping control at all speeds, improved traction and reduced body movements (roll and pitch). This is particularly noticeable on poor quality roads.
These dampers are much more expensive than those normally used on road cars and their use will always be restricted to specialist performance cars.
Only the fronts have the remote resevoir and despite what looks like a red adjuster on top of it, this seems to be fixed. The damping is very firm, but not harsh - nowhere near race settings. The set-up is good at the front in that it is relatively firm in bump which promotes good turn-in, and the lower ride height lowers the front roll centre, which should reduce terminal understeer a bit - albeit with a nose heavy front wheel drive car there is a limit to how much understeer can be reduced. Interestingly, in theory, leaving the back as it is, i.e relativley high, should be better in terms of balance, even if not so aesthetically pleasing.
I don't find it too pointy, but perhaps that is because it came with only 10' toe-out - even after increasing the camber to 2.00 negative I decided to keep the same toe setting and it is still has the same characteristics. Will experiment with alternatives later.
I don't find it too pointy, but perhaps that is because it came with only 10' toe-out - even after increasing the camber to 2.00 negative I decided to keep the same toe setting and it is still has the same characteristics. Will experiment with alternatives later.
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