DC5R: The Journey from Stock

[Peachy]

Welcome to ClubITR! Great intro! I really enjoyed reading that

Nice start on the mods too.. are you also on BMU?

I thought ure name sounded familiar. Yeah I'm on bmu and rotorburn with the same username and avi
What bike u riding these days?

[Peachy]

Thanks for all the comments guys, glad u enjoyed the read

[felixR]

I thought ure name sounded familiar. Yeah I'm on bmu and rotorburn with the same username and avi
What bike u riding these days?

2006 Giant Reign and CAAD10

suspension in?

[Peachy]

2006 Giant Reign and CAAD10

suspension in?

SWEEEEEEEEEET!!! Love those Reigns man, if I remember correctly you pimped the shit outta it right? CAAD10

Suspension is in!!!!!!! I had no f"n ideas that coilovers would make THIS much difference to a car!!! I'm so pleased with these coilovers, I have them setup with 8 preload in the front and 10 in the rear and my god they are amazing. I don't know if this is a mind thing but the car appears to accelerate a lot better, and it most definitely holds it's speed through corners a fk tonne more. I have hit a few potholes and you definitely feel it a lot more, but it's not unbearable, infact the knowledge of why it's bumpy and harsh makes me smile.
Thus far I'm very happy

**update: just had a nice long drive home and I'm amazed at the improvement in cornering speed. having said that, I'm still slow given I have to crawl over every speed bump hahaha***

[Peachy]

Hey guys I find that with my current setup the backend seems to slide out a little when taking corners at speed (all in a controlled environment). The front end tracks nicely with minimum understeer but the back slides. Any idea, explanation or diagnosis? I'm an absolute noob when it comes to car terminology and physics so please go easy on my relatively virgin car experience.

Another update, I came home to find a new parcel for me at the door, my lh replacement driveshaft has arrived yaaaaaay!!!! Still waiting on injen cai, engine mounts, anodized ball radius lug nuts, awesome borat sticker and felixr to return my PM so I can rep the clubitr sticker

Have a great day everyone, drive safe, be happy and be good to your bruvvas

[stevan]

Hmm be sure to post up a pic of your ride height as well as tyre and alignment specs. I'd say the culprit lies within those factors.

[plAythiNG]

Too much neg camber in rear? Maybe require a rear camber kit.

[Peachy]

Hmm be sure to post up a pic of your ride height as well as tyre and alignment specs. I'd say the culprit lies within those factors.

I shall do so when I get home from work tonight. Thanks for the help

Too much neg camber in rear? Maybe require a rear camber kit.

It's a possibility. I'll let you guys have a look at the tyre and alignment specs to see what could be the underlying problem

[T-BaGGeR]

Back off the rear settings

[l__i__l]

nice mate

wat was that rugged ol exhaust u had on before?

[Peachy]

Back off the rear settings

Thanks Bagger, I'll give this a shot over the weekend

nice mate

wat was that rugged ol exhaust u had on before?

It was a 'Super Cat Performance' exhaust
But to be perfectly honest, it wasn't all that bad. Sounds a whole lot better than stock, but I wanted something a little quieter and wanted bigger pipping from the cat.

Hmm be sure to post up a pic of your ride height as well as tyre and alignment specs. I'd say the culprit lies within those factors.

Haven't had a chance to take pictures as of yet, but the ride height is as follows, on stock wheels:
Rear: 1 small fingered Asian gap
Front: 2 small fingered Asian gap
As for tyres:
Front: RE002 95% tread
Rear: Continental Sport Contact 80% tread

And below is the alignment specs:



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[T-BaGGeR]

It's hard to read the settings but why is there 1 degree difference between the left and right camber in the top right corner?

Dont go spending money on changing alignment settings before trying cheaper options. Back of the rear settings of the coils or lower the rear tyre pressures or raise front cool settings/ raise front tyre pressures.

[TGW92]

Nice car man, thread was a really good read

Ahaha fine tuning suspension mods may take you a while I feel :P

Keep us updated!

[stevan]

yes as above, your front right wheel has 1 degree difference to the left. Maybe a little too much rear camber proportioned to what you have at the front. I would probably get another alignment, set about 2.5 front and 1.5 rear and check your tyre pressures Multiple alignments are what the cool kids do these days, i have had 6 in the past 2 months

[Peachy]

It's hard to read the settings but why is there 1 degree difference between the left and right camber in the top right corner?

Dont go spending money on changing alignment settings before trying cheaper options. Back of the rear settings of the coils or lower the rear tyre pressures or raise front cool settings/ raise front tyre pressures.

No idea why there's 1 degree difference, my knowledge on camber etc is minimal. As you suggested I'll play around with rear coil settings and tyre pressures tomorrow

Nice car man, thread was a really good read

Ahaha fine tuning suspension mods may take you a while I feel :P

Keep us updated!

Thanks for the positive feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed it
I've heard suspension tweaking is a long, yet enjoyable process eh, I look forward to getting it dialed to my specifications

yes as above, your front right wheel has 1 degree difference to the left. Maybe a little too much rear camber proportioned to what you have at the front. I would probably get another alignment, set about 2.5 front and 1.5 rear and check your tyre pressures Multiple alignments are what the cool kids do these days, i have had 6 in the past 2 months

I'll give the guys a call tomorrow and ask if they could do that. Are my settings really weird?

Also, I notice that you have a CRSX header! Did you get it from CRSX or from ebay? How is it? Do you have a cat with it or test pipe?

... wait, are you the dude who PM'd me on ozhonda about getting the kiddracing header ?