I had the shop raise the rear of my Spyder today, after it was lowered to the point where the rear Quarterpanel was lower than the top of the tire.
the shop actually raised the rear a bit too much, so it is almost where I started from. ..
what I learned is that the system is adaptive, when the car was lowered too low, the system detects it, and to prevent it from bottoming out, tightened the suspension so tight that it was almost like driving a race car. the handling was unbelievable, however I could probably feel a dime lying on the roadway if I ran over one....seriously, it was so damn stiff, ...there was almost no up and down play in the car. I hit a bump and was thrown up in the air off my seat, and I am 6'1 230lbs.
So, I picked up the car today with the car raised, it almost drives like stock, perhaps slightly stiffer than stock. the car looks nicer, the handling has improved slightly.
I guess the moral of the story is, if you plan to track the car, you can lower it to the point which the system will be in total stiff/race mode with almost no play in the suspension.......having lived with this for 6 days, I can say that it would be impossible to live with the car in that stage...i could also imagine increase frame flex, bending with the suspension at that point.
the shop actually raised the rear a bit too much, so it is almost where I started from. ..
what I learned is that the system is adaptive, when the car was lowered too low, the system detects it, and to prevent it from bottoming out, tightened the suspension so tight that it was almost like driving a race car. the handling was unbelievable, however I could probably feel a dime lying on the roadway if I ran over one....seriously, it was so damn stiff, ...there was almost no up and down play in the car. I hit a bump and was thrown up in the air off my seat, and I am 6'1 230lbs.
So, I picked up the car today with the car raised, it almost drives like stock, perhaps slightly stiffer than stock. the car looks nicer, the handling has improved slightly.
I guess the moral of the story is, if you plan to track the car, you can lower it to the point which the system will be in total stiff/race mode with almost no play in the suspension.......having lived with this for 6 days, I can say that it would be impossible to live with the car in that stage...i could also imagine increase frame flex, bending with the suspension at that point.