Mk 1 V6
Front Toe - 30 mins toe out overall
Front Caster - +5degrees plus or Minus 30 minutes
Front Camber - Minus 45 minutes plus or minus 20 minutes
Pivot? - 13 degrees Plus or Minus 30 minutes
The above cannot be adjusted
Rear Toe - plus 30 minutes Plus or Minus 10 minutes
Rear Camber - Minus 1 degree 30 minutes Plus or Minus 20 minutes
The above cannot be adjusted
Rear Toe - Plus 45 minutes Plus or Minus 10 minutes.
For Toe adjustment 1 turn = 1 degree. (6mm)
Setup Manual KW-Variant 3 (2way adjustable)
Our 2-way adjustable competition shock absorber is based on the twin tube damping system. Depending on the sealing and the adjusting system it may be under pressure of 3 to 8 bars, ore without pressure.
The compression forces can be adjusted on our patented 2way bottom valve. Hardness adjustment on the rebound can be made on the end of the piston rod with a setting wheel.
Bump/compression
The setting of the bump forces will be made on the bottom of the case. Behind the adjusting grove you can see a knob with 4 holes. With a small pin, the adjusting knob can be turned quarter per quarter. Smaller steps are possible.
They adjustment must be started from the closed valve (max. hard). Maximum hard means turning clockwise.
The adjustment range is 2 turns.
After often adjusting the valves, it must redo from a closed valve to avoid mismatching the dampers on one axle.
Bump forces, especially one low damper speeds, have great influence on handling and driving behaviour.
Principle rules are: hard low speed bump will made the axle stable (less over steer on the rear, for example) ore on the front a more precise steering response. But to much low speed will decrease grip!
Depending on the construction of our compression valve the hardness of the adjustment has no influence when driving over hard bumps, or for example when hitting kerbs on the racetrack
Rebound
The rebound adjustment can be made in most cases on the end of the piston rod with a setting wheel. In some mounting situations it must be done with a small screwdriver from the top (Audi A4) or in a grove like the bump valve.
The adjustment must be done beginning from the max. Hard (closed) side of the valve. And also here, closing means turning clockwise. The adjustment range are 3, 5 revolutions.
Main rebound adjusting principles:
Low rebound provides a comfortable ride at low speeds, but decreases stability at higher speeds, especially on the front. Also, too much rebound will cost grip.
Depending on the conception of the car, the rebound setting for the rear axle must be seen from different views.
Rear and four wheel driven cars: Will be driven in most cases with low rebound, even when equipped with very hard springs, more forces are required.
Front driven cars: on street driven cars it will be seldom necessary to adjust high forces. Even if somebody which his car to over steer very high rebound on the rear may be necessary.
Our recommendation for your car to start with:
Type:
Front: Rebound: 1,5 turns open Bump: 1,0 turns open
Rear: Rebound: 2,0 turns open Bump: 1,0 turns open
just ordered the KW V3 coilovers. Any setup advice & suggestions for my standard Vee Mk1 with Yokohama A048 tires ?
