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mr2tim · 09-16-2009, 08:37 AM

Matt's statement that he wants to track and street his car both will have to lead him to make decisions probably more track related in reality. I'm glad to see you stated your ready to compromise.

I tried coil-overs from a honda on my Drag Car and found them to be a constant pain in the butt what with having to adjust them with allen wrenches, turning and twisting the rings on dirty sleeves, nope not for me. Too high maintenance for me personally.

What with your being in Canada I'm thinking the best bet would be to keep the convention OEM configuration and use adjustible (from the top w screwdriver) McPherson struts. The use of lowering springs is your own personal choice (vs daily road conditions)for the look you see best at the wheel wells. Use of polyurethane to replace 20 year old funky OEM rubber bushings also is wise for track usage and performance street driving for sure. (Especially bump stops if your lowered)

As the Tuning Guide noted the AW11 Mark 1 front sway bar is adequate, but I added adjustible links soas to have even more adjustment to varying track conditions from Hillclimbs to rough roads in the Florida Keys.

Since I compete in the Supercharzed car, one of the 1st thing I pitched was the "pillow-ball" suspension attaching ends at the toe-in adjuster bar. I used the OEM stock units from Normally-Aspirated years for more rigidity. (urethane optional)

Although I use 3" drop from Suspension Technique springs (circa 1993) I did NOT like the sway still exhibited in the heavy rear biased weight distribution car and went to giant Addco sway bars, to which of course I added adjustible linkages. This put my car FLAT on the racing surface at ALL times.

I might point out that I could not afford Adjustible struts supporting 3 teenagers in 1993 when I revamped the car and instead went with hyralically damperened struts (not gas!) which also helped my co-driver (new-female) and gave her a more predictable car from race to race.

In conclusion, if your going to switch from daily driver to track racer keep adjustibility foremost in your parts buying matrix and you won't go wrong. If you have to compromise, well that's life.

And that tuning guide has some very vaild information to absorb!!

09-16-2009, 08:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
mr2tim SUPERcharZed ToyZ RacZer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,789 Thanks: 8 Thanked 118 Times in 111 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (6/100% )	Matt's statement that he wants to track and street his car both will have to lead him to make decisions probably more track related in reality. I'm glad to see you stated your ready to compromise. I tried coil-overs from a honda on my Drag Car and found them to be a constant pain in the butt what with having to adjust them with allen wrenches, turning and twisting the rings on dirty sleeves, nope not for me. Too high maintenance for me personally. What with your being in Canada I'm thinking the best bet would be to keep the convention OEM configuration and use adjustible (from the top w screwdriver) McPherson struts. The use of lowering springs is your own personal choice (vs daily road conditions)for the look you see best at the wheel wells. Use of polyurethane to replace 20 year old funky OEM rubber bushings also is wise for track usage and performance street driving for sure. (Especially bump stops if your lowered) As the Tuning Guide noted the AW11 Mark 1 front sway bar is adequate, but I added adjustible links soas to have even more adjustment to varying track conditions from Hillclimbs to rough roads in the Florida Keys. Since I compete in the Supercharzed car, one of the 1st thing I pitched was the "pillow-ball" suspension attaching ends at the toe-in adjuster bar. I used the OEM stock units from Normally-Aspirated years for more rigidity. (urethane optional) Although I use 3" drop from Suspension Technique springs (circa 1993) I did NOT like the sway still exhibited in the heavy rear biased weight distribution car and went to giant Addco sway bars, to which of course I added adjustible linkages. This put my car FLAT on the racing surface at ALL times. I might point out that I could not afford Adjustible struts supporting 3 teenagers in 1993 when I revamped the car and instead went with hyralically damperened struts (not gas!) which also helped my co-driver (new-female) and gave her a more predictable car from race to race. In conclusion, if your going to switch from daily driver to track racer keep adjustibility foremost in your parts buying matrix and you won't go wrong. If you have to compromise, well that's life. And that tuning guide has some very vaild information to absorb!!