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Front Suspension Coil overs
- Thread starter bashby
- Start date
Delrin?
Won't that make the ride pretty harsh? I'd always thought that the urethane replacements were a good compromise between teeth rattling rides and good handling. I had a track prepped 240 with urethane bushes all around and high spring rates and that darn thing would scramble your brain on roads (cornered flat under high loads though!). I'd hate to imagine anything with less compliance like delrin or heims.
Rob
PS. I'd love to see your alignment settings. I am mostly done with reliability mods on my car and it's time to start looking into getting rid of that dead feeling in the steering/handling department.
PPS. I'll give you a call later, I'd love to pick your brains further in regards to your QA1 findings.
Won't that make the ride pretty harsh? I'd always thought that the urethane replacements were a good compromise between teeth rattling rides and good handling. I had a track prepped 240 with urethane bushes all around and high spring rates and that darn thing would scramble your brain on roads (cornered flat under high loads though!). I'd hate to imagine anything with less compliance like delrin or heims.
Rob
PS. I'd love to see your alignment settings. I am mostly done with reliability mods on my car and it's time to start looking into getting rid of that dead feeling in the steering/handling department.
PPS. I'll give you a call later, I'd love to pick your brains further in regards to your QA1 findings.
socorob
Donation Time
I called QA1 and no go on the custom spring in that style. If you did back I posted a link to someone with a falcon that made an aluminum adapter to use a normal coil over spring with. The suspension setup on that looks similar to the alpines. The only thing with that is the spring keeps getting shorter and shorter the more things done like that.
bashby
Donation Time
After talking with QA1 I am going back to my original plan of modifying the upper and lower mounts and going with a standard coilover. I went through 3-spring iterations before I got the height "correct" on my SV (using 450# springs). I hope to have completed by year-end. Finishing the 4-link first.
tigretr
Donation Time
Yes, am sure the ride will be much less smooth, but I don't drive my car much. So when I do drive it I drive it hard and want performance. As you know my car is not luxury that is for sure. My radio is 1.8 liter and my right foot controls the volume.
Ill dig up my alignment specs and post them when I get a chance. Now, which pile did I put them in?
Brian
Ill dig up my alignment specs and post them when I get a chance. Now, which pile did I put them in?
Brian