This morning I had about an hour to play with and I set the dampers to the setting recommended for a "firm sporty ride"; 18 clicks down from full hard (as against the 8 clicks yesterday).

I took the car on a road I know quite well and I found that the ride remained pretty good or better on the small bumps and was improved somewhat on the large bumps. The amount of travel is limited so one can't expect miracles but the result was quite impressive. I did notice however that the initial roll on changing direction had increased a little. I will try it like that for a while and see how I go.

Cornering was impressive and whilst it is never going to equal a modern sports car it had me going as fast as I dared on a public road knowing full well I had plenty of grip in reserve. No loss of traction, no skipping on bumps, just nice and secure and reasonably comfortable. You notice the improvement in the suspension (by comparison to the fairly inflexible leaf springs) straight away in the way it soaks up the small bumps.

In fact later in the day I drove our light Subaru which also has a live axle and coils at the rear. The Morgan with the 5L was definitely better on the smaller bumps and it was only when the grater travel of the suspension came into play that the Subaru was more comfortable on the larger bumps. Naturally the Morgan would out corner the Subaru with ease but that was not what I was comparing. The Alfa Sportswagon, by the way, would be worse on all bumps, it has a much harsher ride.

My feeling is that if you give priority to comfort you would go to full soft (about the equivalent of the non adjustable Bilsteins). If you want a good compromise you would probably use 18 clicks down from full hard. If you want trackday type performance 8 clicks down from full hard is probably about where you would set it. There are a total of 24 clicks that you can use so there is plenty to play with.

The real test will be when we go on our next trip with a full load of luggage smile

Peter

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