what car thread - Lotus Edition

[dan]

just come to get my geo checked and the guys are asking if there’s specific settings for my nitron suspension car! any ideas?!

Settings for the dampers or the actual geo?

Tiny changes make a huge difference so if they don't know go somewhere that does!

[integrale_evo]

As low as it’ll go, and -10° camber on every corner.

Give it some phat stance bro

[Rich B]

just come to get my geo checked and the guys are asking if there’s specific settings for my nitron suspension car! any ideas?!

Settings for the dampers or the actual geo?

Tiny changes make a huge difference so if they don't know go somewhere that does!

Geo. It’s one of the few hunter equipped places anywhere near me and i don’t really have any other opportunities to go anywhere else before the track day next week annoyingly…

I’m going with standard settings for now, if i have to do it again then so be it. The garage replaced a fair few suspension/steering bits so i need to do something to make sure it’s all pointing straight…

My own fault, i should have looked into it sooner!

[Rich B]

As low as it’ll go, and -10° camber on every corner.

Give it some phat stance bro

[scotta]

Here is what you need to know

https://wiki.seloc.org/a/Geo_Setups

I went half way between 340R road and track settings.

[scotta]

Make sure to ballast up the drivers side. Ideally sit in it.

[Rich B]

Make sure to ballast up the drivers side. Ideally sit in it.

i saw the same chart, i wondered about S1 v 340R.

every days a school day with Lotus ownership!

[Rich B]

FFS! the car was all up on the lift, loaded up etc… they can’t get the rear laser things to sit on the rear wheels because they’re too deeply dished… (the centre bit sits on the spokes but the arms then won’t hold onto the tyre..)

anyone got any recommendations for anyone who actually knows what they’re doing in the south east!!!

[duncs500]

I'd say Steve Williams will be able to point you in the right direction. Does it need to be a machine, I thought it was all about stringlines or something!

[speedingfine]

[duncs500]

Has Dan moved to the south east!? This is fabulous news, about time really.

[speedingfine]

West Midlands is but a short hop from SE compared to Glagow where he got it from

[Rich B]

45 minutes wasted, no charge, but i did get a nice excuse for a midday blast in the sunshine. who fucking knows who can check the geo!

[Matty]

It's a bit odd - your alloys are a bit dished but surely specialist places like that have worked with more extreme alloys variances. It's not like people take their 1.2 Corsa for full geo alignments.

Worth asking on SELOC?

[duncs500]

Not sure what's in your catchment, but I know Road to Race do geos and have a good rep AFAIK.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/d5JEriqDu7xf23wC9

[dan]

I almost posted if its a hunter rig equipped place just walk away but thought better of it. I had a customer take his v6 for new tyres after i'd geo'd it and they stuck it on a hunter machine without asking and gave him a completely spurious set of readings, so he then drove 10 minutes up the road to another hunter rig and got a completely different set of readings. They might be expensive machines but I wouldn't let the donkeys that drive them geo my lawn mower.

Everyone foams at the mouth at 340r settings without realising they're about as vanilla as it gets. Take it somewhere like steve williams or backontrack or whoever else is down there and actually geo's elises for a living.

[duncs500]

Oh yeah, Back on Track are decent, used to use them with my Exige.

[Rich B]

yeah, they showed me and it'll did look like it wouldn't fit/hold on. ball ache!

I’ll call Steve William asap…!

[mik]

I almost posted if its a hunter rig equipped place just walk away but thought better of it. I had a customer take his v6 for new tyres after i'd geo'd it and they stuck it on a hunter machine without asking and gave him a completely spurious set of readings, so he then drove 10 minutes up the road to another hunter rig and got a completely different set of readings. They might be expensive machines but I wouldn't let the donkeys that drive them geo my lawn mower.

It depends entirely where you go - you can have the best kit in the world, but if you don't GAF or don't set it up properly...... shit in, shit out.

Place I mentioned recently for geo on mrs mik's E-Tron - MB Jarvie in Glasgow - have a great reputation and use Hunter kit. There is no "while you wait" service. They correctly locked the air suspension into the correct mode for adjustments, and provided full before and after measurements. If the spec for a fictitious aspect is "1 +/- 0.25" then they tweak it to get as close to "1" as they can.

Kwik-fit also use Hunter kit. They throw the wheel rigs on and if the "before" on the above fictitious aspect is "1.25" then it's good enough and doesn't get adjusted.

[scotta]

I almost posted if its a hunter rig equipped place just walk away but thought better of it. I had a customer take his v6 for new tyres after i'd geo'd it and they stuck it on a hunter machine without asking and gave him a completely spurious set of readings, so he then drove 10 minutes up the road to another hunter rig and got a completely different set of readings. They might be expensive machines but I wouldn't let the donkeys that drive them geo my lawn mower.

Everyone foams at the mouth at 340r settings without realising they're about as vanilla as it gets. Take it somewhere like steve williams or backontrack or whoever else is down there and actually geo's elises for a living.

THe 340R setting worked really well on my S1. I did over 30 trackdays in it.

What settings would you recommend over what the stated 340R settings are?