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01-11-09, 09:47 PM
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SUSPENSION
Lowered Suspension Back to Top (http://www.novabug.co.uk/Modifications.html#TOP)
Lowering the suspension lowers the cars centre of gravity, and with the aid of more complicated physics stuff, means that you get reduced body roll, and a safer, more level cornering behavior. You also end up with a car which looks much more perposful, and no longer like an off-roader - which is my only dislike with standard Novas.
This can be done very cheeply, depending what you want. Just fitting lowering springs makes a massive difference, and some would say, better than having a full kit, as the up-rated dampers are sometimes too stiff for normal road use. I personally only have lowering springs, and am very very happy with the result, but having not driven one with a full kit, I don't know the difference - e-mail (rich.dale@virginnet.co.uk) me with your thoughts on this, and I'll include it on here.
As always, it depends on your buget, and what your willing to spend. A full kit can be your for around £200 more or less, and lowering springs for around £50. You can get full coil-over kits with adjustable ride height and pre-load, and you can get adjustable top-mounts for the front - to adjust camber to allow for alterations made as a result of lowering. Again, if you've got the money....do i
In the past, I read that anything below 60mm lowering was dangerous with the Nova, as the drive shaft can pop out with this amount of lowering, because the steering geometry is well out of GM's recomended settings. If any one can conferm this, again, e-mail me and I'll put things right.
SUSPENSION
Lowered Suspension Back to Top (http://www.novabug.co.uk/Modifications.html#TOP)
Lowering the suspension lowers the cars centre of gravity, and with the aid of more complicated physics stuff, means that you get reduced body roll, and a safer, more level cornering behavior. You also end up with a car which looks much more perposful, and no longer like an off-roader - which is my only dislike with standard Novas.
This can be done very cheeply, depending what you want. Just fitting lowering springs makes a massive difference, and some would say, better than having a full kit, as the up-rated dampers are sometimes too stiff for normal road use. I personally only have lowering springs, and am very very happy with the result, but having not driven one with a full kit, I don't know the difference - e-mail (rich.dale@virginnet.co.uk) me with your thoughts on this, and I'll include it on here.
As always, it depends on your buget, and what your willing to spend. A full kit can be your for around £200 more or less, and lowering springs for around £50. You can get full coil-over kits with adjustable ride height and pre-load, and you can get adjustable top-mounts for the front - to adjust camber to allow for alterations made as a result of lowering. Again, if you've got the money....do i
In the past, I read that anything below 60mm lowering was dangerous with the Nova, as the drive shaft can pop out with this amount of lowering, because the steering geometry is well out of GM's recomended settings. If any one can conferm this, again, e-mail me and I'll put things right.