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iTrader: (8)

Hi guy's,could somebody tell me,is an escos front arb thicker/stiffer than a 4b cossie one


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Lloyd

think they are the same size,but the rear arb is thicker

Mad Matt

iTrader: (2)

thicker by just 1mm

Martin-Hadland

iTrader: (2)

Sapphire 28mm
Escort 29mm

Lloyd

i stand corrected then.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

yes it is

tabetha

Rear arb 22m on escos, 18mm on 4wd sapphy.
Just got a 21.15mm rear one from a Scorpio for my 2wd.
tabetha

Micky The Finn

he is asking about fronts though.

tabetha

I just put that up in case he or anyone wanted to know about the rear one.
tabetha

captiva

Does fitting a 22 mm to the rear make any real difference as we just put our 4x4 saff through a slalom test with cones and it was terrible, lifting up the back end on each turn even though it has adjustable Konis on the hardest setting.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

you need to soften up the rear as with just a stiffer rear arb it tends to step out a lot easier and with a lot less provocation

tabetha

Put a thicker roll bar on and soften the damping, yes it makes a hell of a difference.
tabetha

captiva

So as a guesstimate where do you think the Konis should be set as I have them on the hardest setting at the moment, thinking that was good, should I set them soft or halfway in between. Somebody on here said it was just as well to make a ARB which I can do as the shipping across the pond would be silly money, if I do that what type of steel, obviously spring steel but high tensile or what?

tabetha

Has to be sprung temepred steel, but steel content has to be precise as it needs to have other ingredients in it when made, that is why a lot of springs are snapping now, due to certain compounds being used less due to emissions.
I personally have always found KONI's too soft for my liking, but very good for the road.
If you are serious about handling the first thing I would do is to change to coilovers like AVO.
tabetha