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> Suspension Advice Needed, Front bars, shocks and rear springs.
jmill
post May 22 2011, 09:08 AM
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Building a Street/Track car, think more track than street. The car is flared with 16x7's and 16x8's. Building a 2.4 6 with 2.2S p/c's and 911 front suspension. I need some advice on front torsion bar size, rear springs, inserts/shocks, and sway bar size. Thanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

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My $ .02. In the January Pano, Mr. Mayo answers a tech question about swaybar set-up for a beginning auto-crosser; "I came up with a set-up 20 years ago that I've used on my car and many customer cars.Everyone has liked it, as it seems to be competitive, yet very streetable. I use 150 pounds springs on adjustable-perch gas Koni's, 21mm torsion bars with adjustable gas Koni's, a 19mm adjustable front sway bar adn no rear bar. I remove the front shock tower protective tubes (you have to cut the spot welds and remove the washer end off of the top of the tube and install it, as it is what prevents the shock from going through the rubber strut mount). Cut off the two softer sections of the rubber bump stop, set the front ride height so that you have an inch and a half of travel before the shock hits the bump stop. Set the rear height so the car sits level. Properly corner weight it, set the rear camber for -2 1/2 degrees the front for all you can get, usually about -1 3/4. Set the rear to have +1/16 inch toe in per wheel, and the front for -1/16th inch toe out per wheel......." This may not help you because it sounds like you may be beyond this set-up, but it may help some other small-frye, like it did for me. Let us know how it goes! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Dave
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jmill   Suspension Advice Needed   May 22 2011, 09:08 AM
J P Stein   Building a Street/Track car, think more track tha...   May 22 2011, 10:17 AM
Downunderman   The very first thing to decide is whether you are ...   May 22 2011, 02:43 PM
jjackson   The very first thing to decide is whether you are...   May 22 2011, 03:08 PM
jmill   Thanks for the input guys. I want to go as far as...   May 22 2011, 03:30 PM
J P Stein   Thanks for the input guys. I want to go as far a...   May 22 2011, 07:33 PM
jmill   Tried calling Clint from Rebel Racing and his mach...   May 25 2011, 01:26 PM
jjackson   Tried calling Clint from Rebel Racing and his mac...   May 25 2011, 02:02 PM
grantsfo   Tried calling Clint from Rebel Racing and his ma...   Jun 6 2011, 01:59 PM
jjackson   [quote name='jjackson' post='1483471' date='May 2...   Jun 6 2011, 03:05 PM
Randal   [quote name='jjackson' post='1483471' date='May ...   Jun 7 2011, 10:10 AM
jmill   Alright, bought a boat load of stuff from PMB and ...   Jun 2 2011, 07:40 PM
jjackson   Alright, bought a boat load of stuff from PMB and...   Jun 2 2011, 08:28 PM
PeeGreen 914   Around $6 to $7k the last timeI talked t...   Jun 7 2011, 10:20 AM
J P Stein   Around $6 to $7k the last timeI talked ...   Jun 7 2011, 01:27 PM
grantsfo   [quote name='PeeGreen 914' post='1489884' date='J...   Jun 7 2011, 04:08 PM
J P Stein   When JP's car was beaten by stock Miatas...   Jun 7 2011, 06:18 PM
PeeGreen 914   There are many mods you can do at different price ...   Jun 7 2011, 02:21 PM
PeeGreen 914   There is no question that an adjustable shock is n...   Jun 7 2011, 04:28 PM
jmill   Easy fellas.... We'll zip'em down and show...   Jun 7 2011, 07:04 PM
J P Stein   Easy fellas.... We'll zip'em down and sho...   Jun 7 2011, 08:16 PM
Randal   So in round numbers: Koni's - less than ...   Jun 7 2011, 08:02 PM
grantsfo   I would talk with Performance Shock. He offered m...   Jun 7 2011, 08:32 PM
jmill   911 M rear calipers are a good match for the A f...   Jun 7 2011, 09:27 PM
brant   You'll have to excuse my ignorance. Whats th...   Jun 7 2011, 10:10 PM
PeeGreen 914   I'm a bit worried about that myself. Chris ...   Jun 8 2011, 10:14 AM
J P Stein   Greg has said 200-225 is perfect for a 914 wit...   Jun 8 2011, 10:37 AM
grantsfo   I'm a bit worried about that myself. Chris...   Jun 8 2011, 10:59 AM
PeeGreen 914   Remeber setup for AX car is a lot differnt from t...   Jun 8 2011, 01:41 PM
J P Stein   SCs are 'M'. The problem I had with The st...   Jun 8 2011, 07:42 AM
J P Stein   BTW: "nothing to show for it". With Brit...   Jun 8 2011, 10:50 AM
PeeGreen 914   BTW: "nothing to show for it". With Bri...   Jun 8 2011, 01:44 PM
J P Stein   ] JP, let me ask this honestly, is this because ...   Jun 8 2011, 08:14 PM
sooba_dave   My $ .02. In the January Pano, Mr. Mayo an...   Jun 8 2011, 02:01 PM
jmill   Building a Street/Track car, think more track tha...   Jun 8 2011, 08:18 PM
grantsfo   [quote name='jmill' post='1481773' date='May 22 2...   Jun 9 2011, 01:33 PM
brant   JP, not arguing but now I'm curious I get a ...   Jun 8 2011, 08:26 PM
J P Stein   JP, not arguing but now I'm curious I get a...   Jun 8 2011, 08:55 PM
brant   I'm no expert ( no real racin' here) but ...   Jun 8 2011, 11:13 PM
grantsfo   besides. These are momentum cars. If you are he...   Jun 9 2011, 01:56 PM
J P Stein   The problem I had with the rears were with 914 *re...   Jun 8 2011, 11:35 PM
Eric_Shea   This is because I believe you have your theory o...   Jun 9 2011, 06:17 PM


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