Many things contribute to how flat the MINI body remains in corners, a few of them are roll couple percentage, roll center height, spring and damper rates, anti-roll bar stiffness and the kinematic design of the suspension links. A camber plate enables more of the tire’s contact patch to do its job; not prevent body roll. A tire’s sidewall stiffness can have an impact on how much the body dips into a corner, but its relationship is far less than mechanical dynamics, and the amount of “give†in a fixed plate’s rubber, has less effect still. However true that a solid suspension mount on the strut shaft allows the strut to perform without energy loss via a rubber bushing, its contribution to flat cornering is way down the list.
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OK, i managed to make at least a few decisions
Ireland fixed camber (for a dd these will suffice)
Poly FCAB (stock is shot)
Poly trailing arm brushing (stock is a bit squishy)
TSW lower rear control arms
I already have TSW 19mm RSB
my stock struts are about shot.
Now the decisions.
TSW springs with new struts, koni yellow or bilstein sport
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KV v1
all the setups fall in my price range so the questions are...
koni yellow vs bilstein sport, what is the diff?
i have only used bilstein sports in the past (87 16v scirocco and 92 s4) and liked them the ride was firm but not rough. Is cost why no one uses them on minis, or are their other reasons?
does the additional cost of the V1's equate to a significant increase in handling or less detriment to ride quality? How much so? (adj height doesn't matter to me but the full travel and better dampening, sound advantageous)
Thanks for answering all my questions everyone i got a bit off track letting my imagination run away with my pocket book. Both have been put into perspective and chained in the basement
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ok, after two weekends all is in.
i will reserve final judgment till i get an alignment, but it feels good so far and i expect it to be better after and alignment.
-Jonathan
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