What are the real variables that control and influence ride quality?

Are you suggesting I might catch up to them? 🤣

Do you even drift bro?

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We entertained the idea of taking it to a track out here with a lot of elevation changes. Unfortunately, vehicles with increased ride height are not allowed on the track. It's a shame, because I think me following a pack of Miatas would be a whole bunch of fun!
ROTM photo opportunity right there!
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We entertained the idea of taking it to a track out here with a lot of elevation changes. Unfortunately, vehicles with increased ride height are not allowed on the track. It's a shame, because I think me following a pack of Miatas would be a whole bunch of fun!
See if you can find an SCCA "run watcha brung" event. They can be a lot of fun. You won't be running wheel to wheel with others (one car on the track at a time) but they are typically more lenient on allowed modifications. They used to let a bunch of hack engineering students run in their events....In a car that was 100% student built. Think Go cart on steroids...with a 110 hp CBR600R engine! This one was a lot of fun...I worked on it quite a bit.

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I think some people may be taking @jjvw analogy too literally. Making an argument out of nothing. He is trying to highlight the benefit of a well set up system of components that can create a well handling tj/lj.

With that said it would be cool to see @jjvw post a video of his tj at the track or an autocross event here soon. 😆

My bad, I thought he was being serious. I wasn't trying to stir up shit. Just being too literal again.

I once had a 78 mgb w/ 230k on it. My TJ handles better than that thing did :ROFLMAO:
 
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My bad, I thought he was being serious. I wasn't trying to stir up shit. Just being too literal again.

I once had a 78 mgb w/ 230k on it. My TJ handles better than that thing did :ROFLMAO:
Those who were confused about what was being described have been duly noted. All two of you. 😉
 
It's all about how much cushion you have between your butt and the road. Body on frame vehicles, like the Wrangler, tend to have a rougher ride. For the same reason they are better off road, they resist twisting forces better than unibody cars. Unibody flexes more, which helps absorb bumps instead of resisting them.

As for improving an old suspension on a TJ, replace everything that moves when the suspension flexes. All the joints, shocks, and the body mounts. And don't use poly bushings, that will make it worse.

All the springs for Wranglers are rather soft since you want articulation. You aren't going to screw up and buy an overly stiff spring since nobody makes that.
 
Sadly he's not saying anything anymore. And because of something that happened while riding a bicycle of all things.
I knew Nicky, Tommy, Roger Lee, and their dad Earl from my days in AMA Superbike back when they transitioned from dirt to pavement. Earl just passed from a long battle with Cancer. Those boys were the most polite, well-behaved kids in the paddock, but when it came time to compete, they were all business. Earl did a great job raising good men who can ride the wheels off anything. To say that Nicky's untimely passing was a gut punch would be a massive understatement. RIP, Nicky!
 
My bad, I thought he was being serious. I wasn't trying to stir up shit. Just being too literal again.

I once had a 78 mgb w/ 230k on it. My TJ handles better than that thing did :ROFLMAO:
All good. I mean his post was pretty messed up.
Do you not believe me when I say my tj can run circles around any jeep or car out there? M3's, Mclaren's, Miatas, I can beat them all, around any track. Everyone else's stuff is straight trash.