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| CasetheCorvetteman | Rattles and ride | ||
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Seems since i lowered my 94 its picking up a fair few new rattles, the ride is stiffish, i have an FHA spring in the front (from a 91 ZO7, thanks to our mate Glen
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Posted on: 2008/1/22 11:10
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| Notorious | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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Mine was pretty much rattle free when I bought it too. But louder exhaust, poly bushings and driving the shit out of it took care of that!
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Posted on: 2008/1/24 15:38
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| bogus | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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This is a case where the suspension is stiffer than the rest of the car. I would set the Koni's at full soft... see what that does. In short, the ride is too firm. I am also not sure that a super stiff rear spring is good. The 84 FE1 spring is killer... higher than the later Z51 rear springs! Too high to be practical and leads to oversteer. I don't like a suspension on the street that is too stiff. Just impractical and potentially dangerious. That corner is a bitch at 70 mph when you hit a bump... the sudden redirection is enough to make me lose my lunch. |
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Posted on: 2008/1/24 15:54
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| Notorious | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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I find the standard suspension on my '95 to be plenty stiff. I feel that bigger sway bars and shock tuning is a much better way to enhance handling on most street cars. |
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Posted on: 2008/1/24 16:07
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| BillH | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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hm... That's for sure. If your stiff springs skate over that bump, just think what would happen when the road's wet. |
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Posted on: 2008/1/24 17:35
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| sprint7677 | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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How does the volume work on the radio?
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Posted on: 2008/1/29 5:55
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| CasetheCorvetteman | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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hm... Youd be suprised at how well it rides mate, its not harsh at all, and i dont believe TopTechx6 found it to be either. I have never had an issue with oversteer, the car handles perfectly. |
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Posted on: 2008/1/29 8:05
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| TommyT-Bone | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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Then you must need a louder exhaust or turn up the stereo. I only hear the rattles for the first few minutes then I block them out like a whining baby.
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Posted on: 2008/1/30 2:29
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| CasetheCorvetteman | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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Exhaust is loud enough, and i dont like loud music while im concentrating on driving the car.
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Posted on: 2008/1/30 7:05
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| 1Fast04Vert | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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I never counted the pages, but there are a lot of them dedicated to finding and fixing rattles in my FSM. Someday I might even read them.
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Posted on: 2008/1/31 3:08
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| TommyT-Bone | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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Exhaust is loud enough, and i dont like loud music while im concentrating on driving the car. Yep! I guess it does take a lot of concentration when your driving on the wrong side of the street.  |
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Posted on: 2008/1/31 3:17
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| j3studio | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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If you guys think you hear rattles ...
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Posted on: 2008/2/1 1:40
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| sprint7677 | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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If you guys think you hear rattles ... Bet I gotcha beat :tongue: |
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Posted on: 2008/2/1 3:21
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| CasetheCorvetteman | RE:Rattles and ride | ||
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My internet has been down since last friday, so apart from tearing the rest of my hair out, i managed to fix a couple of them, so its pretty near rattle free again now
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Posted on: 2008/2/6 7:50
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