Initial Nitron setup

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All,

Very chuffed to report my car is now heeled with some shiny new Nitron one-ways. Max at Lakeside has done the setup for me and said he put it to 4 clicks from min on front, and 6 clicks at rear.

I know settings is quite a personal thing amongst drivers, with each to their own driving style and preference for under/oversteer, but I know a lot of you have gone the Nitron route so would appreciate a thread to determine what ‘clicks’ people have settled for to use on a) road and b) track. At Donnies next week, so this will come in handy!

Cheers!

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2 at tront and 4 at back for road.+6 F+R for track.

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Justed fitted Nitrons too - I would also like to hear what dampers settings others are using

Also what spring rates others are using?

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10 clicks from hard for road and wet …8 clicks for wet.

Springs 400/475
Transformed car reduced roll and made it much more "chuckable"if you know what I mean…
Would go even harder springs next time.

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Are we all talking from full anti-clockwise or clockwise?

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Just had a discussion with Nitron themselves.

General suggestion for the Exige S1 on Sports:

ALWAYS adjust from full hard. The shocks are callibrated from hard so adjusting from full soft is not recommended! The below are number of clicks down/from full hard:

Dry Track:
-6 Front
-8 Rear

Damp Track:
-10 Front
-12 Rear

Wet Track:
-15 All round

General Road Use:
-10 All round

That was useful!

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Just had a discussion with Nitron themselves.

General suggestion for the Exige S1 on Sports:

ALWAYS adjust from full hard. The shocks are callibrated from hard so adjusting from full soft is not recommended! The below are number of clicks down/from full hard:

Dry Track:
-6 Front
-8 Rear

Damp Track:
-10 Front
-12 Rear

Wet Track:
-15 All round

General Road Use:
-10 All round

That was useful!

Mmmmmmnnnnnn

suspect I was running mine a bit soft at Anglesey then - no wonder it was understeering like a pig round the first left hander - oh well you live and learn.


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Yep, lucky I checked today as mine are currently way too soft!

What I didn’t mention is that they usually have 23-24 clicks in total, to give context to the adjustments above.

No Big Smoke for me tomorrow…north I go…

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Just checked my ride height (ohlins)…
Weighted as per Lotus instructions…

Right front = 114mm
Left front =138mm
Right rear =127mm
Left rear =135mm

Needless to say I’ll be adjusting these!!!

Question for the Geo Meisters on here is :

Do I opt fpr the standard 130 mm
Or do I lower by 10 mm or so ?

Cheers All

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S2 wise 120mm is safe, 110mm will rub arches and headlamp and oil line are in front arch, so I have gone 115mm. Not tired it yet for obvious reasons, but I kept meaning to ask Ade what he was running as his car seemed very low at Anglesey.

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It is interesting to read what settings people are using, one thing I would add, understeer / oversteer is also affected by spring rates ie stiffer front springs can lead to understeer if rear is too soft. Also ride heights can be misleading, the car really needs to be setup against its corner weights with the target weight in the car i.e if on track car is used one up then measure corner weights or ride heights if scales not available with driver aboard or substitute weight. At the end of the day, no two drivers will have the same settings, different driving styles etc. PS Don’t forget tyre pressures, I have found these alone can affect handling dramatically.

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mine now set to 120 mm all round empty…
Ohlins set to race as per lotus motorsport instructions … Anyone got any used rear yoko’s ?