Hi All, as per the post title. Has anyone come up with a solution to tame the awful damping of the Cup set up, on a 200?
I'm now 1500 miles into my ownership, the last 300 miles being on the usual poor quality tarmac and undulating roller coaster of British B roads. I cannot fault the 200 in the way it grips and steers. It's mighty. The steering rack of the Cup chassis seems great.
My issue is with the constant bouncing and skittering. While on a pretty standard road I was bouncing out of my seat. A passenger in the rear was hitting their head on the headlining.
It seems that the Cup suspension set up is purely for marble smooth tracks. The levels of speed I could previously comfortably carry on these roads in a standard 182 Trophy has decreased by 20-30mph. Even on motorways the 200 Cup set up cannot cope with the smallest of road imperfection.
Would it be worth trying the standard springs and dampers of a 200? I then get the faster steering rack, nice red brake calipers and then perhaps the ability to drive the car at speed and stay in my lovely Recaro.
Or are there other better solutions? I do not want to lower it or stiffen it at all. By backing off the spring rates and fitting a better insert that manages the spring more effectively way more speed could be carried far more comfortably. Or even by maintaining the spring rate and simply fitting a better insert.
All suggestions welcomed.
I'm now 1500 miles into my ownership, the last 300 miles being on the usual poor quality tarmac and undulating roller coaster of British B roads. I cannot fault the 200 in the way it grips and steers. It's mighty. The steering rack of the Cup chassis seems great.
My issue is with the constant bouncing and skittering. While on a pretty standard road I was bouncing out of my seat. A passenger in the rear was hitting their head on the headlining.
It seems that the Cup suspension set up is purely for marble smooth tracks. The levels of speed I could previously comfortably carry on these roads in a standard 182 Trophy has decreased by 20-30mph. Even on motorways the 200 Cup set up cannot cope with the smallest of road imperfection.
Would it be worth trying the standard springs and dampers of a 200? I then get the faster steering rack, nice red brake calipers and then perhaps the ability to drive the car at speed and stay in my lovely Recaro.
Or are there other better solutions? I do not want to lower it or stiffen it at all. By backing off the spring rates and fitting a better insert that manages the spring more effectively way more speed could be carried far more comfortably. Or even by maintaining the spring rate and simply fitting a better insert.
All suggestions welcomed.