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[Steve Crisp]

Hi, Regal are doing a SPAX kit for £480, but they don't make it clear if these are still fine if you don't want to lower the car, athough I might fancy 10mm or so. Does the damper settings range from "hard-harder-very hard", or "soft-medium-hard", as in "motorway-road-track"?

[Ricky2772]

then, ask them and let us know!! the price is amazingly low.... <_<

[PaulCP]

You need to speak to minime who may be at the RR day tomorrow. I have driven his car and it feels much more planted on the road with virtually no roll. However didn't drive it far and i'm still unsure about the effect on ride quality, although when i drove it i think it was set fairly firm. Must admit though at the price i am tempted!! Paul

Edited by PaulCP, 01 August 2003 - 03:30 PM.

[Thorney]

one word.......Nitron First trip today and blimey am I impressed. Its a bit lower

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[Thorney]

oh and Steve you can have the standard shocks now if you want?

[PaulCP]

Looking forward to seeing it tomorrow but £480 v £1000???? (still tempted) Paul

[Ricky2772]

god!!! 480£... I am sorely tempted to get another set, as a spare....

[Thorney]

Another pic....

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[Thorney]

and another... note the balance point jacking......

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[Thorney]

last piccy......

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[Ricky2772]

they surely look the biz! how lower is it now?! are they any lighter than standard combo? (unsprung weight...)

Edited by Ricky2772, 01 August 2003 - 10:18 PM.

[Thorney]

they surely look the biz!
how lower is it now?!
are they any lighter than standard combo? (unsprung weight...)

Front ride height is from 165mm to 115mm, rear from 175mm to 125mm. Basically its bloody low but feels as plush as before. Turn in is much quicker, much faster sterring and (in the limited test run so far in wet) no understeer. First track test is next week.

Saves about .5kg per corner. (not weighed old stuff yet).

Truly stunning piece of kit, almost art. Nitron is also the choice for all the racing Elises, Exiges, 340R's etc etc, not to mention Westfields, Ultimas the list is endless.

Guy (owner of Nitron) is coming to the AmD RR day to answer questions.

[Jim_Cross]

Top job Thorney! Another one to put on the "If I ever get any money list" When you've tried it out, let us know how it's affected the ride. Surely it must be a wee bit harder?

[Thorney]

Surely it must be a wee bit harder?

Ok, I've only done limited testing so far but its actually pretty weird.

The brief to Nitron was that I considered the road set to be nigh on perfect and it was the track settings I wanted firmed up (standard is too soft). THus far the immediate feeling you get is that there is roughly 50% less body roll in roundabout/tight corners and 75% less roll in long sweeping corners.

As far as ride is concerned there is a long stretch of wide road (sadly quite policed) with a railway crossing on it. As usual for Railtrack the railway crossing is a tad........er.....rough. I've always been impressed with how the standard VXT took this with quiet efficiency and I expected the Nitron set up to crash and bang when it hit it. However I was pretty amazed to have the same dull thump as I had before.

Its early days in testing yet and I plan to do final set up and a few thousand miles in the next week (have a bit of time to spare at mo ) along with Donington on Thursday so we'll have final set up numbers then.

[Sicey]

(have a bit of time to spare at mo )

Naughty boy

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Thorney, Yes, I'm still interested. I've sent you an email with my address, etc. Just need a reply with your address, etc.! If you haven't recieved it, my email is steve.crisp@virgin.net Stve

[minime]

i have had car lowered further today and have also wound the damper settings up! the car feels even better! thanks for the inspiration thorney .....my car is almost as low as yours.......got to admit the turn in has been dramatically improved and cant wait for tomorrow night! i have posted a picture of me lowered car i have also had fitted the ebc disks and pads i bought at the amd meet too! they should be bedded in well tomorrow in prep for the track evening software on the car is running well but all with be revealed tomorrow after my visit to amd!