Front and rear ride height

[bizzaboy]

corner weighting - it's the only way.

not just arbitrarily 'lower' at the front.

might work for your previous car - but I can tell you - your Ibiza IS nose heavy - so wants the weight 'backwards'

Was talking in general terms!

RE My previous ride - I actually asked the Tuning company if they could lower the rear end more, but they almost insisted I leave the suspension geometry as it was. So i did!

Agree, being a completely different car, the SEAT Ibiza may benefit from a different suspension configuration/setup.

 

[L7 KVV]

corner weighting - it's the only way.

not just arbitrarily 'lower' at the front.

might work for your previous car - but I can tell you - your Ibiza IS nose heavy - so wants the weight 'backwards'

Honda Integra DC2R- very little weight at the back end of those, yet they sit nose down, same as Accord R.

Integra widely regarded as best FWD handling car ever

 

[m0rk]

that's because the engine sits on the 'wrong' side, and has a diff.

co-incidentally - do you know the weight distribution?

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so not 'no weight' over the rear - that's pretty good for stock

 

[L7 KVV]

that's because the engine sits on the 'wrong' side, and has a diff.

co-incidentally - do you know the weight distribution?

edit 62/38

so not 'no weight' over the rear - that's pretty good for stock

Engines on 'wrong side'?? Do you not turn in both directions, and diff helps with exiting corners, not turn in, as you would be going in on the brakes. So even more weight would be shifted to the front.

 

[m0rk]

Engines on 'wrong side'?? Do you not turn in both directions, and diff helps with exiting corners, not turn in, as you would be going in on the brakes. So even more weight would be shifted to the front.

wrong side, so they suit RHD applications due to side to side weight distribution with the lighter end of the engine/gearbox sat on the drivers side.

clearly you don't have this with a passat.....

 

[L7 KVV]

Haha I get you now, you are saying the extra wieght of the engine counter balances the weight of the driver? But what if you have a passenger (co-pilot, or your behatch,etc)

I dont think honda put the engine on pasenger side for this reason. B series honda engines run counter-clockwise. The K series is on drivers side now


Edit. dont have passat now, was too thirsty and heavy to be chucking round the bends. It was 4wd ayway

 

[jenk]

Let me stick my nose in

Isnt it all to do with weight distribution under braking aswell? If your nose down in the first place you will be even more so under braking making the rear end light........am i talking tripe??

 

[cuprablue]

It all depends on how you want the vehicle to handle. Weight distribution is important but 50/50 (or close to it) isn't neccessarily the ideal (despite what BMW would have you believe), and it's not the be all and end all of handling. A lot depends on the spring rates/damping, arb sizes/stiffness and chasis characterstics etc.

Plus driving style is important. There is no such thing as a one size fits all perfect handling characteristic for a car.

Example, schumacher liked his cars to be set up very twitchy and fast steering, other drivers (ie Barrichello) couldn't get on with his set up and needed a different handling characteristic to suit his driving style.


cuprablue