Shocks and Springs?
12-05-2011, 10:31 PM
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Shocks and Springs? Background on the cars suspension
UMI Double Adjustable Torque am with relocation mount off the Tranny
UMI Panhard Bar
UMI LCAs
UMI SFCs
Moser 12 bolt with LCA relocation Bracket
UMI front and rear Sway bars
and for shocks and springs i bought a SLP package with Bilstein Shocks and Eibach springs. ( http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/...ont-rear-set-/) this was a rookie purchase i made over a year ago before i got onto the track alot, so it is more of a road track type shock and spring.
My question is how much would it benefit me to look into getting a different shock and spring combo to lean more toward the strip and street. I have attached a couple videos to show the weight transfer that i currently have.
Full Weight street car on drag Radials
(slow motion 10.94 run at 124 with a 1.62 60ft NA launch and turn on nitrous at about 30ft)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXB3Qrwl7TY
(11.1 at 124 with 1.74 60ft spinning hard nitrous launch)
http://youtu.be/kBl0rxQhTg4
UMI Double Adjustable Torque am with relocation mount off the Tranny
UMI Panhard Bar
UMI LCAs
UMI SFCs
Moser 12 bolt with LCA relocation Bracket
UMI front and rear Sway bars
and for shocks and springs i bought a SLP package with Bilstein Shocks and Eibach springs. ( http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/...ont-rear-set-/) this was a rookie purchase i made over a year ago before i got onto the track alot, so it is more of a road track type shock and spring.
My question is how much would it benefit me to look into getting a different shock and spring combo to lean more toward the strip and street. I have attached a couple videos to show the weight transfer that i currently have.
Full Weight street car on drag Radials
(slow motion 10.94 run at 124 with a 1.62 60ft NA launch and turn on nitrous at about 30ft)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXB3Qrwl7TY
(11.1 at 124 with 1.74 60ft spinning hard nitrous launch)
http://youtu.be/kBl0rxQhTg4
12-06-2011, 07:43 AM
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Hey Vinnie.
Do you still have your stock rear springs available?
Are you interested in going to a coilover kit in the front?
We have a good QA1 package single adjustable front kit with a single adjustable rear shocks that use the factory rear springs. Our house car (very similar to yours) has that setup.
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=573
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=185
If you want to keep your springs and just upgrade shocks, we can get you a little bit but not as much as optimizing both.
The rest of your combination above is pretty potent and should support the spring and shock optimization no problem.
One nice thing about the adjustable shocks is you can go full soft front for the strip then resume nice street manners for the drive home.
It looked like you car stays pretty flat. The increased rear bar helps that. Our car responded nicely to the drag bar but yours may not need it. You can do that last anyway, if necessary.
Oh, and good job disposing of the 'Vette!
ramey
Do you still have your stock rear springs available?
Are you interested in going to a coilover kit in the front?
We have a good QA1 package single adjustable front kit with a single adjustable rear shocks that use the factory rear springs. Our house car (very similar to yours) has that setup.
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=573
http://www.umiperformance.com/catalo...roducts_id=185
If you want to keep your springs and just upgrade shocks, we can get you a little bit but not as much as optimizing both.
The rest of your combination above is pretty potent and should support the spring and shock optimization no problem.
One nice thing about the adjustable shocks is you can go full soft front for the strip then resume nice street manners for the drive home.
It looked like you car stays pretty flat. The increased rear bar helps that. Our car responded nicely to the drag bar but yours may not need it. You can do that last anyway, if necessary.
Oh, and good job disposing of the 'Vette!
ramey
12-06-2011, 01:27 PM
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I dont have the stock spring and I really like the way my car sits as is but if there is a better shock out there and keeps the stance I am down. I am in no rush for this and am wondering how much it will actually benefit me
12-06-2011, 01:42 PM
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We really like the QA1's on the front of these cars for drag use but unfortunately they need the QA1 spring with it.
You may be able to improve a tiny bit with QA1 rears but most of the improvement comes from the front.
Is your car leaving as flat as it appears on the video? Ours hooked violently and was really helped by the drag bar. If yours isn't hooking then a drag bar might help a tiny bit but not as much as it helped our car.
ramey
You may be able to improve a tiny bit with QA1 rears but most of the improvement comes from the front.
Is your car leaving as flat as it appears on the video? Ours hooked violently and was really helped by the drag bar. If yours isn't hooking then a drag bar might help a tiny bit but not as much as it helped our car.
ramey
12-06-2011, 03:01 PM
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Mine hooks N/A like a champ and stay flat and just goes. The slow motion is a NA launch. The full speed launch is on nitrous and I get a little sliding action and the car spins for a little bit. Either way the car seems to stay flat and just squat and go
