recently managed to get my Ghia onto the road after a three year restoration.
I’m looking for some advice on setting up the handling as most of it is all new so I’m working my way through the list of snags and things to set up as I put more miles on the car.
The setup is as follows;
Red9Design front suspension – dual wishbones with adjustable coilovers for height & spax adjustable shocks
Steering is Red9 rack & pinion conversion.
Rear has had an IRS conversion, plus adjustable spring plates & spax shocks to match the front. The rear torsion bar has been upgraded to a squareback one (I forget the thickness but from memory it was thicker & stiffer)
Tyre pressures – 18psi front, (175 tyres 5.5” rims)
- 28psi rear, (185 tyres 5.5” rims)
Done so far to get the car on the road;
- Rear IRS arm camber adjusted to give 0 degree camber at the rear
- Front tracking set up to give 0.5 degree toe-in
I am conscious that I haven’t set up the camber on the front yet and will be doing so this weekend with the top concentric ball joint. Not sure if the caster needs setting up yet.
The ride comfort is surprisingly good! but the car has a strange handling characteristic at the moment which is when you change direction at speed (over 40mph) it feels like there’s a delay and the rear then follows the front about ½ second later. Sort of sways changing lanes on the motorway rather than being precise.
This could be that the rear shocks are not set stiff enough compared to the fronts, but I was contemplating if a rear anti-roll bar might help tighten up the rear as the front seems a lot more planted than the rear.
Any advice would be appreciated thanks ☺
Here’s some pictures of her completed (used to have a build thread on here I must dig out &
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