s2 suspension

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:15 am

so go with mark then??? How much is it from mark for the geo??

Cheers
Craig

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:18 am

John Reid wrote:
RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:Geo settings from Steve B are v. agressive IIRC. I have Gordon-lite settings, but it depends on the car. Rich
Thats because you are a girl who gets scared driving with Maxsports in the wet...

OKOK, I've admitted as much before. It wasn't even wet, just a bit moist

The problem was Mark tried to get nearer to Gordon's settings but the shims didn't work out, so I went for the gayer settings to save my tyres a bit.

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:13 pm

suspension is here now all i need are the brackets

need to find sevie B.

Cheers
Craig

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:42 pm

craigs135s wrote:suspension is here now all i need are the brackets need to find sevie B.

Cheers
Craig

alternative for you..

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.ph ... cts_id=302

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:50 pm

John Reid wrote:
craigs135s wrote:suspension is here now all i need are the brackets need to find sevie B.

Cheers
Craig
alternative for you..

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.ph ... cts_id=302

Hmmm.. an a bit cheaper than steveb charges :-/

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:19 pm

Scottd wrote:
John Reid wrote:
craigs135s wrote:suspension is here now all i need are the brackets need to find sevie B.

Cheers
Craig
alternative for you..

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.ph ... cts_id=302
Hmmm.. an a bit cheaper than steveb charges :-/

Really.. I would have thought he would have been cheaper..

His kits are set to different ride heights though. He messes around with springs and collar settings on the shock. I think I have VX220 springs on the front with std S2 springs on the back of mine.

Best bet is to phone Geary at Eliseparts and ask him all about it. He knows his stuff as well..

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:51 pm

Had a quick look thro my emails from Steveb an yea there was a lot of options with varying prices. I went for the most expensive (we're only talkin £20 over Gearys) which also happened to be the lowest ride height 110/120 = the best one!!

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I would recommend fitting the steering rack raisers (at a later date) tho, unless the bolts wont budge! - it's not worth THAT much hassle so a lot of people don't change them, but it makes it feel a bit better. The brackets seemed to be Lotus OE by the way.

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:59 pm

Scottd wrote:I would recommend fitting the steering rack raisers (at a later date) tho, unless the bolts wont budge! - it's not worth THAT much hassle so a lot of people don't change them, but it makes it feel a bit better. The brackets seemed to be Lotus OE by the way.

Like I said, I have a spare set sitting in the toolbox if you want them.

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:09 am

Do a search here on S2 suspention and you'll find loads of info. You have to be carefull which mounts you fit depending on the year of your S1 and how mush rear sag you want. Anyone wishing to buy S2 kit should e mail Steve and ask him about which mounts are required and also ask about the rear sag issue. Just dont go and buy *any* S2 kit with *any* old springs set in *any* old way.... it will make the car handle worse than it does on the Konis

Some info from Steve on a SELOC thread here http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=79875&page=2

And as i've said before..... geometry is a very personal choice reg settings. But i've played with S2 kit on an S1 Elise and had all kinds of weird and wonderfull geo. And from what I found...... 1deg rear toe is too much and causes exaggerated liftoff oversteer and tends to make the car feel a bit "dead".

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:05 am

Cheers For all the info people.

John if you dont mind i will take the rack rasers from you

Of to phone Gerry at liz parts. Any got phone number for Stevie B?

Cheers
Craig

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:18 am

Ping him on SELC*CK

I did have it but I can't find it...

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:23 am

just u2u,ed him

Cheers
Craig

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:55 pm

craigs135s wrote: John if you dont mind i will take the rack rasers from you

Cheers
Craig

No problem, not back for another two weeks though.. hope your not in too much of a hurry for them.

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:01 pm

no hurry john. will hope to have the suspension done by then. will that make a diffrance to fiting the raseers???

Cheers

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:03 pm

craigs135s wrote:no hurry john. will hope to have the suspension done by then. will that make a diffrance to fiting the raseers???

Cheers

Dont know, my car had them fitted when I got it. I do know that fitting the kit and getting the full geo made a big difference to the way it handled. You wont be disapointed, trust me.