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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 09:00 AM
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Default Adjustable shock setting for autocross?

I have a 95 gsr with h&r springs and kyb 4 way adj. shocks and I was wondering what settings I should set them to for autocross?
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 09:42 AM
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the ones that suit you set-up and driving style. you just neet to test diffrent things to find out what works for YOU
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:14 AM
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im not sure if this will help or if its correct but at my first auto-x i ran a smoking fast time with my rears at full stiff and fronts about halfway stiff. (I believe my konis only adjust rebound...agx's are compression AND rebound??)
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 12:27 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CivicMike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im not sure if this will help or if its correct but at my first auto-x i ran a smoking fast time with my rears at full stiff and fronts about halfway stiff. (I believe my konis only adjust rebound...agx's are compression AND rebound??)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Running full stiff in the rear, and about soft to half-stiff in the front is pretty common.

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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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To be frank.

The KYB adjustment range is limited. You will probably notice very limited if any performance differences between full soft and full hard. Sorry, but that's the facts. Also the KYB adjusts both bump and rebound with a single adjuster. This significantly limits their tunability for autocross where you usually want lots of rebound without excessive bump.

I would start off full hard all around. If you notice the car skitters over bumps then soften the end that skitters.

Note that this is not the advice I would give a Koni Sport owner since Konis have just rebound adjustments.

The main thing in autocross is to work on your driving first and worry about car setup after you become a pretty good autocrosser.

Regards,
Alan

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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:27 PM
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To get car balanced
Adjust damping front and rear
Then use tire pressure
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:34 PM
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Full stiff all the time right here.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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Full stiff when heading
Into the male locker room
Would not make me smile
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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thanks for the advice I have an autocross this sunday so hopefully i will find the g-spot
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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You declare that all posts on H-T should be in form of haiku, or limerick or rhyme, regardless of content?
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 06:49 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Voyage34 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You declare that all posts on H-T should be in form of haiku, or limerick or rhyme, regardless of content? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Perhaps that is true
Or even more likely is
I'm bat **** crazy
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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I ran 3/4 F and 4/4 R on my Integra, back when I had KYB AGX on 276F/276R spring rates.
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