Curious what you guys would expect with suspension setup Options

[peteinjp]

Narrow body 2.7 with 230ish hp. A052 195's on 6" wheels.


21mm hollow torsion bars in the front
Bilstein raised spindle RSR struts
Bilstien HD shocks
Tarett 22mm front bar and links
150 lb springs rear
Bilstein sport shocks
Factory rear sway bar
Patrick Motorsports adjustable tow link set for the rear

What would you expect in terms of handling with this setup? No autocross- just hard driving on mountain roads.

Pete

[mepstein]

Pretty miserable with the 21mm bars. Even mid 80’s Carrera’s only used 19mm and they weight 500lbs more than your car. 150lb springs, sport shocks and rear sway bar will build in a lot of oversteer. If you have low profile tires, then it will be even worse. Heavily lowered car, 3x worse.

I may be wrong about everything above but I think you are building a track setup and unless your roads are velvet smooth, it will become miserable to drive on the road. It will feel really cool for about five miles but once you realize there’s almost no suspension travel, it will become a chore to drive.

What I’ve discovered for myself is these cars have a lot of “built in handling” but if you try to radically ramp up the stiffness, they loose most of their suspension travel and become rigid buckboards.