my own personal hell

[Bin_jammin]

Whatever, I just did a quick google search and made some assumptions. Point is, he's got an E34 and therefore upper control arms/thrust arms.

Konis are something like $500 front and rear. All new front end parts from Lemforder are something like $800. All new bushings are at BEST another $500. Strut mounts are ~$40 each for the fronts, and like $15 each for the rear. I suppose you could have purchased a $700 strut bar, but in all honesty I wouldn't be surprised to find out that you DID pay $2500 for all your suspension parts, but it doesn't mean you got $2500 worth of VALUE in the parts you purchased. Maybe if you weren't such a dope, you'd get better discounts, or people would point you in the right direction towards savings. As it is, I hope you actually bid that ebay piece of shit chinese turbo through the roof, rather than finding something quality that will both work AND last.

You don't have adjustable upper control arms. If all you r3vvers look, he's got adjustable sway bar links.


This fact alone should sum up this dope, because it doesn't matter how long the links are, they work the same no matter what the length is. The adjustability in the sways comes from having sway bars with multiple mounting points for the links on each end, where different mounting points give you different leverage. The fact that you believe adjustable sway bar link length will give you some type of performance gain sums up how retarded you truly are.

You have absolutely no idea how any of this stuff works, and are relying on other people that have no idea how any of this stuff works for advice. The people that keep pushing you to go on are just as clueless are you are. Why won't you just die already?

[Fidhle007]

Replacing basic wear parts does not count towards money invested in a car. The statement was that we should lay our own money and time on the line and my response was that I had, much more of both then the OP it seems. And not surprisingly, with MUCH better results...

Adjustable sway bar links serve the function of being able to dial out swaybar preload but on a basic suspension setup, that really won't make a difference. I'd bet the OP doesn't have the means to set up what little adjustability he does have...

[Bin_jammin]

Swaybar preload? It's an unloaded unit until you're in a corner, in which case one side gets loaded. When you're in a straight line it's pretty much just along for the ride. On a street car both sides will be the same length, the only time I can even fathom having different lengths would be on an oval track.

[Wh33lhop]

Swaybar preload? It's an unloaded unit until you're in a corner, in which case one side gets loaded. When you're in a straight line it's pretty much just along for the ride. On a street car both sides will be the same length, the only time I can even fathom having different lengths would be on an oval track.

No, that could be adjusted just by changing suspension preload/ride height. Adjustable endlinks are adjusted symmetrically. It's just so you can keep the swaybar arms parallel with the road when you lower the car.

[Fidhle007]

Swaybar preload? It's an unloaded unit until you're in a corner, in which case one side gets loaded. When you're in a straight line it's pretty much just along for the ride. On a street car both sides will be the same length, the only time I can even fathom having different lengths would be on an oval track.

No, that could be adjusted just by changing suspension preload/ride height. Adjustable endlinks are adjusted symmetrically. It's just so you can keep the swaybar arms parallel with the road when you lower the car.

Lol, noobs correcting noobs. When you corner weight a car, you set it so that the weights are even across the car and THEN you set the swaybars to neutral. When you're waiting a car with a driver in it, the swaybar might not be totally neutral so having an adjustable endlink allows for that to be addressed. It's a racing thing, which is why I laugh that the OP has them.

[nando]

dude, it's a racing E34. it's the next big thing in the SCCA..

[Fidhle007]

What, parking lot burnouts? Those are sanctioned now?

[Stephen]

What, parking lot burnouts? Those are sanctioned now?

With class legal ITBs, yes.

[Wh33lhop]

Lol, noobs correcting noobs. When you corner weight a car, you set it so that the weights are even across the car and THEN you set the swaybars to neutral. When you're waiting a car with a driver in it, the swaybar might not be totally neutral so having an adjustable endlink allows for that to be addressed. It's a racing thing, which is why I laugh that the OP has them.

I had a perfectly reasonable explanation. Slightly off-neutral swaybars would have no real effect on the handling of the car, it would just settle the car a bit more level laterally.

Edit: I guess they could also throw off the corner weights a bit, but unless the car is really unlevel it wouldn't be much.

[Bin_jammin]

Lol, noobs correcting noobs. When you corner weight a car, you set it so that the weights are even across the car and THEN you set the swaybars to neutral. When you're waiting a car with a driver in it, the swaybar might not be totally neutral so having an adjustable endlink allows for that to be addressed. It's a racing thing, which is why I laugh that the OP has them.

Ok, I see what you mean, but that's still basically what I was saying. When driving your car, the sways should be free of load, unless you're going in circles. That's exactly what you're describing, you'd have load with the driver out of the car but be neutral while driving.

[BoxDriver86]

I can't believe this thread is still going....seriously. I think this kid needs to stop posting and start reading.

[xwill112x]

cliff notes

e34

m20

idiot


did i miss anything?

[ben312]

cliff notes

e34

m20

idiot


did i miss anything?

ebay turbo kit

homemade ITB set up

internet adds for sexy time

[JTapper]

I'm wondering when this idiot will give up an quit posting...

[Jesse30]

he tends to ignore posts thinking that will make us stop...


he didnt spend enough time lurking