One for loren

[skyline]

Hi steve UK here. You may have seen my photo,s under heading (body mods) 1 of the mods was to lower the car by 30mm front & rear. The car looks great & the ride not to harsh but the straight line stability is a bit naff. 100% concentration on the wheel to keep it straight. It feels like the front wheels are towing out slightly, great for cornering but not good in straight line. My question to LOREN or any other knowledgable member is by lowering the car does that alter the tracking at all. By the way i bid mark the legs at the top when removed so they went back in same position. Also read on here the other day about the probe in the front bumper being a temperature readout. I don, seem to have a readout anywhere that i know of. I thought it was a temperature sensor for the management system. Thanks for a great site :renntech:

[Loren]

Did you have the car aligned after the height changes?

Bump steer will be a little worse on a lowered car because the suspension travels less (distance).

All US/Canada cars have OBC which will display the temperature as the default readout - when it is turned on.

On early cars it is just a matter of turning the OBC on with a PST2 or PIWIS.

[skyline]

Thanks LOREN , yes it does bump steer a bit. Was thinking maybe put uprated rear shocks to lesson the effect. Thanks. Which part of the display will show temp when turned on & where can i purchase the interface to turn it on. Many thanks. Steve leeds uk.

[Loren]

Which part of the display will show temp when turned on & where can i purchase the interface to turn it on.

What year car?

[skyline]

This is where it gets sticky. The car is a C2 2001 november registered...??? But in the uk the facelift model with different headlights & 3.6 litre motor did not come out till 2002. Mine is a spurious import from ??? with 3.6 litre motor but not upgraded body spec. A bit of a greck. hope you can help. The dash is the old style without the computer display.

[Loren]

Well it would be at the bottom of the tach on both the older instrument cluster and the new one. It will be different display if it is a MY02 style cluster. The MY02 and newer clusters are dot matrix - so there is more info they can display than the older LCD ones.

The MY02 and newer also require that they be turned on in two places - the DME and the cluster (with a PST2 or PIWIS tester). The older LCD version you only turned on in the cluster.