Moulton "Smootha Ride" suspension kit.

[Aaron C. Reskew]

Anybody tried this setup as sold by Minisport?

http://www.minisport.com/classic-mini-shop/products/suspension/mini-sport-adjustable-suspension/moulton-smootha-ride-suspenson-kit/moulton-smootha-ride-suspension-kit-product.html

[Wildfire]

No but I've heard many good things about it from a comfort point of view.

[trackcar]

You wuss Ian

[rougeleo]

Was passenger in a 1990 mini on 12" wheels for 300 miles with this suspension fitted . Very comfortable ,bit like Hydrolastic only handled better and was a bit harder. Saying that the car didn't handle as well as it did before the kit was fitted .

If your looking for comfort at the cost of some of the minis fantastic handling then this system is very good

[cooperman]

rougeleo said:

Was passenger in a 1990 mini on 12" wheels for 300 miles with this suspension fitted . Very comfortable ,bit like Hydrolastic only handled better and was a bit harder. Saying that the car didn't handle as well as it did before the kit was fitted . If your looking for comfort at the cost of some of the minis fantastic handling then this system is very good

Oi, Rog, stop posting on here and get that engine bolted in!!!

[rougeleo]

No peace for .... eh?

Sitting here in the office with a cuppa tea mate and a biscuit .

[Aaron C. Reskew]

trackcar said:

You wuss Ian

It's the wife's car, but i use it from time to time, that's why i've just bought some neg camber arms etc, etc.

[Cooperman]

In my opinion there's not a lot of point in having neg arms if you then 'negate' the advantages by softening the ride and, presumably, just have standard damping. If you stiffen the damping whilst reducing the spring rate you'll get some funny suspension settings.
For neg camber arms to be of benefit you must track & set the camber on the rear, stiffen up all the damping and set the castor (with adjustable tie-bars) and ride-height on the front.

[Aaron C. Reskew]

Cooperman said:

In my opinion there's not a lot of point in having neg arms if you then 'negate' the advantages by softening the ride and, presumably, just have standard damping. If you stiffen the damping whilst reducing the spring rate you'll get some funny suspension settings. For neg camber arms to be of benefit you must track & set the camber on the rear, stiffen up all the damping and set the castor (with adjustable tie-bars) and ride-height on the front.

I will be having the car properly set up and 4 wheel aligned when it's all together.
The dampers are 20% uprated i think.(Boge)
You didn't think i was fitting the adjustable bits and pieces for the hell of it did you?