HELP! need rooted AFM and springs

[Steve]

Hi,

Just wondering if anybody would have an old rooted afm, I need the mesh for mine - or if anybody knows where I can get some mesh of the same dimension wire etc as on the stock AFM???? cheers

also, I need to upgrade my springs, as the ones I have just dont like it when I start pushing. I am chasing around 4kg (rear) and 7 kg (front) springs to try - see if they are ok or if I need to go harder still. I have ohlins coilovers, not 100% but I think they are 60mm ID? (I will measure tonight).

I dont mind paying for them, but I dont want to fork out $400 for a set of springs to discover they are crap.

If anyone has any of the above, or know where I can source them, PLEASE let me know:)

thanks

Steve

[EnricoPalazzo]

why do u want the mesh for the afm? Nothin will get into it, especially with the smick partition u have

[Steve]

I have been advised that I need to do this to sort out the idle, which still hunts a little.

[Martin Donnon]

Thats a long shot steve

[Steve]

well it worked on Trent's car, and I found a strainer from the Warehouse with the same size mesh as my AFM, fitted it last night, and today, the idle sorted itself out.

it has never idled so well.

[Steve]

this is what Bai advised, seems the japanese mechanics do know a thing or two:)

[EnricoPalazzo]

WOW, awesome steve

[Maxx]

4k rear and 7k front are very soft, more like 8k rear and 10k front for sporty street drive.

btw, changing the spring maybe affect the suspension travel and have worse outcome.

[Martin Donnon]

The concept of promoting laminar flow through a wire mesh 0.3mm thick is an interesting one. Maybe though the improved idle has more to do with the wire screen reducing the cross sectional area of the afm by around 5%. Even better though, would be to tune a decent idle into it

[Steve]

Maxx, yeah, I want to try a few combos and see what I like best. A few guys that I know that track their cars have recommended 4 and 7 - so I thought I would start there. But having been in cars with 8 + 10, and 10+12, I tend to agree with you BUT they werent skylines.

What are these worse outcomes you speak of?

I hear what you are saying Martin, but no body has been able to get a decent idle, it would always idle ok for a while then do its own thing - the mesh works. I was also under the impression that power fc is supposed to 'self learn' the idle.

That is what appears to have happened, the idle just got better and better every time I pulled up at a set of lights.

[EnricoPalazzo]

steve how can i find out what the springs are in my tiens?

[Steve]

The only way I know of is to pull them out and have them tested. Martin might be a better one to ask?

[EnricoPalazzo]

cool. id assume mine would be hard as though. In the coming holidays, i am goin to play with the damper settings of the suss to find somethin better suited for my driving. then i will work on getting other suss parts.

[Steve]

what is wrong with the current set up you have?

[EnricoPalazzo]

umm well like i said b4 about the handling after the wheel allignemnt, then once thats fixed, im gonna just play with the damper, to see if i can get a better ride, and handling, basically the rear end is too tail happy and i dont have confidence in punting the car hard around high speed sweeping corners.

also the car feels slow thru tighter bends?

do u feel that skylines are hard to get good speed thru tighter turns?

[EnricoPalazzo]

do u remember what the car was like when u wer in the car? obviously i didnt get to push it too hard, but can u comment on what can be improved, or basically what is lacking.

[Steve]

Yeah I remeber what it was like. Didnt seem too bad, but hard to say without driving it, and throwing it around to see what happens:p

I can only recommend you do the usual stuff, soften the sus in the rear, hicas lock, diff, castor, camber, swaybars, etc etc:)