Thread: Drop Spindle Discussion
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Old 04-27-2007, 07:45 PM
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I'm mainly trying to figure out if drop spindles work or not.
They do. But I cannot quantify it for you in a discreet unit. When I put in the drop spindles, I did notice the lack of bump steer, which by the way is already well controlled by the power steering of the Milano (the GTV6 has waaay more bump steer). On the track, the pictures you have seen show that I maintain a desirable contact patch under load. At the helm, everything is neutral; lock is easily dialed in and out. I only balance speed and the amount of traction left in the tires. So, in my mind, they do work.

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Just buying a complete package, while much easier and cheaper, will most likely give me something that's really great out of the box, I want to figure out how suspension dynamics work.
Your suspension education is going to cost you lots (of both time and money).

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So how about you Nizam, have you had an opportunity to drive the car with or without the d-spindles? Do you think they do much?
I have NOT driven an RSRacing car in anger, hence I am not qualified to comment. Given my limited seat time (AROSC records will show that I only do two events a year on average), I'm able to extract a lot out of my non-lightened car on the suspension I have - torsion bars, springs, matched Koni's and ... drop spindles.

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I'd like something that's adjustable...I can make it nuetral at speed for stability out on the track, or something that will rotate easily for autoX and daily driving.
You have just described (part of) why Ron Simons researched, developed and is now selling the RSRacing kit. It will fill the needs you describe above. I like my setup, but ultimately I don't meddle with the suspension once I got it right. I use the same setup regardless of the event (AutoX, Infineon, Thunderhill, Laguna Seca, Buttonwillow, Willow Springs ... and the street).

Long story short, I think you'll learn a lot more if you just called up JJ and get yourself a whole RSRacing kit. With the kit, you can change the spring rates and ride height as you wish ... trackside even! In closing, I'm going to state that I do believe drop spindles will improve camber angles even an RSRacing-equipped Milano. Alas, I cannot back-up that statement - yet.
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