03
HEX BOLT WITH WASHER
M12X20
4
31311136465
$1.72
04
FLAT WASHER
A13
4
07/1996
07119931021
$0.22
04
FLAT WASHER
A13
2
07/1996
07119931021
$0.22
05
FIT BOLT
M12X42
2
07119905853
$2.23
05
CAMBER CORRECTION BOLT
2
07119900587
$1.40
06
SELF-LOCKING HEX NUT
M12
2
07/1996
07129964661
$0.39
10
CABLE HOLDER
1
33181181310
$1.71
Last edited by motomoron; 05-06-2008 at 03:49 PM.
Nice! I used my old hardware, none of it was rusty, stripped etc. Yay Florida!
Here's a quick pic I snapped today. Car handles REALLL nice!
That's the 'fun' setting
Chris
97 M3
94 325is
12 Jeep SRT8
Offset LCAB's ftl. Treehouse racing? hmmmm...
Offset CAB's should not drastically affect camber - Only caster.
Chris
97 M3
94 325is
12 Jeep SRT8
Guys with the 4100's, what's the maximum highest front ride height? My car still sees a fair bit of street driving and I need about 13"-13.5" to clear some of the speed humps in my area.. THanks!
- Peter Shen -
Depends on the spring's free length that you ordered. The longer the spring, the higher the available ride height. However, you can also run into wheel / spring / perch clearance issues if you run too long of a spring.
Look up about 10 posts and there are measurements for you.
I have the 4100 kit on a 1998 M3 coupe. I'm using Vorshlag adjustable camber plates and the AST rear ride height adjusters. The kit was shipped with 90nm x 150mm front springs and 110nm x 140mm rear springs.
With the front spring perches run as high on the strut bodies as possible allowing full thread engagement, I measure 12-1/2" from hub center to fender lip. The rear is at 12-1/4" with 7 threads showing on the adjuster.
I discussed this with Terry Fair from Vorshlag/AST USA. His position is that the springs were shipped on the basis that no one has wanted more adjustment range, and the priority is keeping the front spring perch as high as possible for tire clearance.
Having autocrossed the car once, and done 200 miles of mixed street driving, I definitely want different springs which will allow me adjustment room above 12-1/2" in the front.
Talk to Terry or Brian. They're helpful and they know their stuff, and they seem to follow this thread.
Assuming that they do, did you guys read my email yesterday?
Yes, read and understood.
Brian Hanchey
www.ast-usa.com
AST Suspension - USA
For 2012, AST Suspension - USA is a proud to support the following series:
Official supplier to the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
Official sponsor of the Pirelli World Challenge Series
Contingency sponsor to SCCA and NASA amateur racing
^^^ Did you get mine from a few days ago?
Currently I have 4200s with 150-100 (5.9in-570in/lb) front and 140-110 (5.5in-629 in/lb) rear and vorshlag camber plates.
With no threads showing in front I'm at 13.0-13.1in (stock is ~13.5in) from wheels center to fender lip. The rear should be around ~12.4 in. This puts the load on each corner within 10-15lbs unloaded side to side since we drive with two people in the car at all non-national events anyways.
You have to be a little careful how you pull in and out of some driveways, but it's not debilitating by any means. There are stock cars out there were you need to be more cautious.
Rob
'08 MCS R56
'06 STi #92 STU
'99 M3 Coupe STU - Sold.
For Sale:
Pair 12mm Rogue Spacers 5x120
Hanchey e-mailed you yesterday - We've got your shocks ready for you. The coilover rear set-up you ordered is very slick.
We've got some shortened E30 strut housings we're testing next. This is going to be an option we'll be offering very soon for AST4100s. E30 4200 and 4300s are built with new strut tubes, but on 4100s we can shorten and re-tap the OEM strut tubes. Got our glass bead blasting cabinet set-up and they cleaned up real nice... will look trick after they get back from plating. Sunglasses required.
We're playing catch up after another big shipment from AST arrived today. Oh, and I just installed a new door in the shop. And built several new shock dyno strut mounting fixtures (burned 5 hours doing fab work, yikes!) and just had an avalanche of orders come in. Not complaining - keep 'em coming!
Last edited by Fair; 05-09-2008 at 08:17 PM.
Terry Fair @ Vorshlag Motorsports
That's great. I got his e-mail today. Can't wait. Thank you!
I was pondering spring rates for a while and getting some advice from local set-up gurus. Maybe this thread is a good place to discuss AST spring rates?...
Anyway, I decided on 700F and 600R. Race application only. Car with driver should be around 24-2500lb.
What do you think?
I should clarify for those reading this thread and interested that, it will be a true coilover in the rear.
Just a "for what its worth" post -- springs are not expensive. Not sure what Terry and Brian would charge for individual springs, but there is "another vendor" who runs a website to sell H&R springs for something like $44/ea. So if you guys ever want to change spring rates or height, it's not that expensive.
I would still contact vorshlag first though
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