Air Ride Vs. Coil Overs

[ProTour69GTO]

I did my first AirRide install Spring '07 on a Falcon so I was new to air. It has been very rewarding and I am very happy with it. I went this route vs lowering coil springs to get a good dropped aired out look yet provide a nice street and highway drive. It does everything I wanted. Everyone who rides in the car is complimentary about the ride quality. And of course the car aired out looks fantastic.

Some things I learned:
- Desired ride height with air suspension must be designed into your car. A given airspring has an installed height which is where it must be at ride height.
- The AirRide people and website are an incredible experience. They just plain do a great job.
- You can confirm by a read through their catalog/website that performance such as the type you are after for your car is what AirRide is all about.
- The engineering and quality of the AirRide products are excellent.
- The AirPod (self contained pre tested tank, ecu, solenoids) is a great product that saves time and provides a custom looking installation.

And I just read about a self contained ride height sensor, built into the shockwave, a new AirRide product coming out. You can certainly count on this company to be innovative, stand behind their products and support their customers! Just my 2 cents!

Your post got me thinking that is there a way to have two separate ride hieghts, one for normal driving and one for race/track?

edit After thinking some more after my post. Is there a couple inches of play in the system already that I dont know of?

[Roadbuster]

Your post got me thinking that is there a way to have two separate ride hieghts, one for normal driving and one for race/track?

edit After thinking some more after my post. Is there a couple inches of play in the system already that I dont know of?

I think there is a way to achieve this. Look at the spec sheet for your shocks. Here is one for shockwaves.
Check out the spec for the VAS 3G2-280. The max ride length is 10.75 inches. This is the setup for the street offering the most compression. The minimum ride length is 10.23 inches. This is what you would run for the track. This sounds like you only have 0.5 inches of adjustment but with a 2:1 motion ratio of an A-arm (A-body) this doubles to one inch. So with the VAS 3G2-280 you would have an inch of ride height adjustability and stay in spec.

Note that the ride height adjustment is not the same as bump and compression travel.

Jon

[JRouche]

I think there is a way to achieve this. Look at the spec sheet for your shocks. Here is one for shockwaves.
Check out the spec for the VAS 3G2-280. The max ride length is 10.75 inches. This is the setup for the street offering the most compression. The minimum ride length is 10.23 inches. This is what you would run for the track. This sounds like you only have 0.5 inches of adjustment but with a 2:1 motion ratio of an A-arm (A-body) this doubles to one inch. So with the VAS 3G2-280 you would have an inch of ride height adjustability and stay in spec.

Note that the ride height adjustment is not the same as bump and compression travel.

Jon

Hey Jon, thanks for the PDF. I didnt see that when I bought my shockwaves. The one I saw only gave min and max travel and one ride height. For example, the rears are a ride height of 14.56".

Ill have to look at my front SWs and see where they fit in with the PDF you gave. I think 1" of variation on the A-arms up front isnt too much. Not too far off of horizontal. I think I have the VAS 3 H2-280 for the front. Interesting to see if that lil amount of RH will change the performance. JR