Weekend racer......suspension?

[FLG]

They are not 'copies' they are the exact same thing. Only the BC is 2mm larger in diameter. If you want a car that car perform, I would not run BC/Megan/CXR/etc. They are crap. You'd be better off building your own out of Koni/Bilstein.

So can you explain why they are crap? Do you run them? Have you done comparison tests?

Love when people just bash a product with absolutely no factual evidence to back up their claim.

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[IronFreak]

Thanks, thats the direction im leaning anyways. Then im the only person i can blame when its not what i want. Plus its rewarding to say hey, i built these!

[acolella76]

They are not 'copies' they are the exact same thing. Only the BC is 2mm larger in diameter. If you want a car that car perform, I would not run BC/Megan/CXR/etc. They are crap. You'd be better off building your own out of Koni/Bilstein.

[IronFreak]

Awesome, I'll look into them.

[FLG]

Not sure about those... They are copies of bc but im unsure of the quality. I know plenty of jdm friends have used bc's as well with no issues.

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[IronFreak]

What about the Megan coilovers? Maybe they're complete junk just asking the question. I saw a thread on here where someone is selling them for 860 shipped I believe?

[FLG]

Lol yeah cms (circuit motor sports) sells em for somewhere around 950ish? If your interested give em a call. Whatever rates you want.

You need to cut the stock strut tube to about a 2" or so coils press onto that then get welded to the knuckle.

I've had mine for months now.. No issues whatsoever. I'm not easy on my car either.

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[IronFreak]

Aim gun and foot..........pull trigger.

I googled and boom der it wus.......

[IronFreak]

Bc's make a decent coil over.. Not badly priced either. Few of us run em without issue.
Pardon my ignorance, but bc stand for....?
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[FLG]

Bc's make a decent coil over.. Not badly priced either. Few of us run em without issue.

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[IronFreak]

So its known going forward, this car will not:

Be a DD, I have learned from LOTS of experience to never EVER make my project DD's. This is a toy, to put around in, toast the local posers and get sideways when the need arises.

Have a m20 in it. Its actually sitting on the floor right now. Love it or hate it....it will be powered by a mildly built ford 302 paired to a tremec tr-3550. this is one of the reasons I'm leaning towards coils in the front, as I can adjust spring rate to help lift the additional 40ish lbs. the front half will carry.

[IronFreak]

Budget haha those are kinda funny, always depends on how bad you really want something. All in all probably around a 1k for everything if I was going to put a price tag on it. That being said I'd go for less any day. That's why in my original post I put out the idea of building my own front coil setup. Whether I went with koni's or billies I have sourced parts, and with my fab experience and the equipment I have access too I could build some coils that would perform as good if not better then say a GC kit.

[acolella76]

Believe it or not it is possible to have both coilovers and progressive rates.


OP, what is your budget?

[deutschman]

Really comes down to individual preference on coils vs. springs/struts. I just would never want to DD a car with coils using autox spring rates. There are always the IE "Race" or H&R "Race" springs if you want to go stiffer. I like the H&R springs because they have progressive spring rates that feel good on shity roads, but still keep the car steady in the corners.
I like buying suspension parts from Ireland. I rarely have problems with their parts, and when I have, ether Andrew (SkiFree here on R3V) or Jeremy have helped me out quickly. The owner, Jeff, is a bit of a grump FYI :razz:
As fare as the rear toe/camber kit goes. Dont get the kit with the cam/eccentric type adjustment. They have a way of un-adjusting them selves, or just popping out of their little brackets all together. Thats why I sent you the link with the notched tooth type adjusters. I know this from experience, and its not just here say.

[Northern]

Honestly, the h&r race and billy sport combo dont really cut it for me. I find the spring rates in the front too weak for the m20, and bottom out over some large bumps. I bought some camber plates, but can use less than half of their range, because the stock spring top hat hits the shock tower. For the money and time spent on hr race, billies, camber plates, ie rsms and shipping and setting up, I could've bought a gc kit, which I'm planning on later this summer

This is my dd by the way, autox in the summer if its on the road again by then