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That you're 11 second X1 on R comps can turn a fast lap. Totally relevant to the conversation about suspensions. Man you're a jackass sometimes.
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You're right, the literally tens of thousands of people that run OE replacement Bilstein HDs, which are intended to be run with stock (or close to stock springs), are all morons.
My wife LOVES her HDs w/stock springs on the 135 (which runs about a 1:24 around summit main on 245 RA1s, and something around a 1:30 at NJMP Thunderbolt). Everyone does. Must be too harsh! Because you said so! Again, don't comment on shocks you've never run before? Sound fair? What's your technical background again? Guy who paid someone to make his cute-ute fast and now thinks he can act like a jackass on an internet forum? Is there a degree for that?
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I think you need to re-read the thread again. Haven't owned a P-car since college. Schattenbaum and RTR.
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The fact that you've steered YET ANOTHER thread toward laptimes is typical from you.
Seriously, how many threads have I read from you that end in your betting someone that you can outrun them? I'm trying to see if anyone has any experience trying to keep my wife's daily driver off the rear bump stops with a suspension that you've never owned, and you're blabbering on and on about your shop built track toy of JRZs. Grow the hell up. Yeah, we get it. We've read the threads. We're all impressed with your car.
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08-11-2015, 09:43 PM | #28 | |
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You asked for thoughts in your OP, I gave you mine. When you discounted mine, which are based on more experience than you have on the car, you made some petty remarks. I would never have brought laptimes up if you didn't imply that me being required to pay a car to wrench my car somehow meant I did not understand suspensions. There is literally no correlation. You threw petty insults twice, so I simply pointed out that just because you wrench your own car, it doesn't mean you understand suspensions either, and it doesn't make you fast around a track. You continually mention that you have tons of experience installing "BMW Suspensions, far more than I do," yet lack any experience whatsoever on this car. A fast lap time is where the bullshit stops - you can't turn a poor lap time with a poor suspension. Without a validation of a decent lap time, how does anyone know if all of the "tons of BMW suspensions you installed" are any good whatsoever? Any moron can throw springs on a car and claim he installed a suspension. If you were truly a suspension expert, you would not make a post asking a bunch of BMW X1 owners for their thoughts on whether adding stiffer dampers would prevent springs from bottoming out. It's a BMW X1 Forum. A BMW X1 FORUM. What can a 10 year Porsche instructor ex mechanical engineer who has installed tons of suspensions and built race cars from scratch POSSIBLY hope to learn about suspensions on a BMW X1 forum? |
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Again, are you reading some other thread? That was NEVER even remotely a point of discussion. My comments regarding my experience were an attempt to get you to stop making posts like you're talking to some newb, telling me to find a shop and read up on how suspension works. Carroll Smith was my college spirit guide. Quote:
Once again, if you don't know that stiffer compression can reduce compression stroke length in transient and high-speed events (i.e. impacts), than you plain and simply don't know what you're talking about. Steady state cornering? Of course not. Will it be enough? We'll see. There's nothing at all wrong with starting a thread to try and get some open dialog going between the guys actually running these parts.
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You said you have tons of suspension experience, but we all know that's a pretty broad category. Since you can't turn a fast lap without a well set up suspension, if you have laid down some decent times than that lends veracity to your claims of being an expert and "not a typical X1 owner" who has "tons more experience than I do" with BMW suspensions. |
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08-11-2015, 09:55 PM | #31 | |
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You came on here and said coilovers are the only way. Then you've admitted to having never attempted to run the parts we're talking about. So, no offense...you have absolutely no helpful insight to offer in this thread. Hoping to learn (and/or be the guinea pig) about the setups at issue. Completely unrelated to your tracksetup.
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If you've been on the track, you'd know that a well-driven stock car can outrun all the money in the world. Are you drinking?
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Frankly, that is the closest to your situation that anyone on this entire forum has experienced. I hope your new dampers fix your problem, I really do. But I have zero faith they will. And I can promise you it will not solve the rear instability. |
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Edit...that was low...sorry.
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The bit of rear-end play in all E90 cars is largely (albeit not completely) addressed by subframe bushings, which I installed last week. Not that wifey cared all that much anyway. But they're really a must on all of these cars for anyone caring about this sort of thing.
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OK, probably turning in for the night.
If nothing else, we've made this forum more lively than it's ever been.
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Bilstein HDs (for example) are "valved for stock springs", but that doesn't mean they aren't stiffer than stock. They are, in the 10-20% range.
They're not improper for use with stock springs, and in fact, are well-liked by most. It's more a product of BMW's shock tuning going from the best in the business, to straight to hell...likely the result of having to accommodate the runflats. Quote:
Uggg...let's not get started on that. We'd be here all night. OK, I'm old and I need sleep. Later man. And keep driving people what I imagine is bat-shit crazy out there at your track days. "FTW is that thing?!"
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Final note...and should have been mentioned earlier...
Our stock 135i would constantly bottom out the bump stops in high-speed impacts. A problem noted even by Car and Driver in their review of the car. It got so bad, it's mushroomed plenty strut towers. Bilstein HDs are high-pressure monotubes, which add a bit of effective spring rate (hence, a bit taller ride height after most installs). Since installing them two years ago with stock springs, the car is a tank at any speed. Never bottoming out on the highway, etc. A gigantic improvement in that department. This is a VERY common experience with them, and part of the basis for the reasonable belief that it will benefit in the current situation...possibly in combination with returning the suspension travel to near OE length. We'll see.
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http://www.ridefox.com/fox_tech_cent...ning_Tips.html
Symptoms: Bottoms out, soft throughout travel
Bilstein HDs are notorious for lots of compression damping (especially vs. the likes of Konis). It's a reason who some people love them, and some people hate them.
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Either way, thanks for being the guinea pig on this combo on here, because if it works I'll be following the same path....
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Bilstein B6's are in almost all circumstances commonly referred to as "HDs" (besides some rare "C" designations). The B8s are traditionally the "Sports" with the shortened shafts (same body length) to prevent losing the preload on the springs with the suspension in full-droop (a major safety/legal concern). Once you get over 1.5" of drop or so, you're generally going to be needing the B8s/Sports, which as far as I know, they don't make for the X1 (have you seen them?). The B6s and the B8s are widely quoted by Bilstein as valved identically. Again, just the shorter shaft to prevent loose springs in droop.
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The high compression damping coupled with the slight increase in ride height may very be enough. I think I saw maybe .25" increase in height with HDs on my M3 and 135i. E90 guys have seen closer to .5". While don't necessarily want the car any higher...I'll take it if it means a proper ride.
I'll give that a go before touching the bumpstops to start...then resort to trimming them a bit if that doesn't completely eliminate the issue.
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