Thanks Strano Performance
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From: Mufflerville, CA
Thanks Strano Performance I recieved my springs the same week I ordered them......even theough they had to come ALLLLLLLL the way to California. I am sad they will sit in my room until I can afford some 4/4s, and a panhard bar.....but that will serve as motivation to save some coin!
I am excited to build a HPDE/Mountain run monster, and thankful we happen to have a vendor here who competes himself! I look forward to the build out on my car's suspension which will be largly UMI products with Strano springs/sways
I am excited to build a HPDE/Mountain run monster, and thankful we happen to have a vendor here who competes himself! I look forward to the build out on my car's suspension which will be largly UMI products with Strano springs/sways
I would reconsider 4/4s. Perhaps take a ride in a car with 4/4s and Bilsteins and see if you can notice a difference. I just put in Ground controls with 550/175 and Koni 4/4s and it doesnt ride much different than sportlines and kybs. Maybe I need to play with the settings but I just expected WAY more. Thankfully i got them used I would NEVER recommend the 4/4s new.
IMO the only way to really feel the total difference is to take your car out to a competition. Period. My setup is koni/gc 600f/150r ,strano sways, adj phb. Centered, ccw classics on kumho v710's.
This is a pretty basic setup but on street tires I picked up 2 seconds on a 60 sec autox course from when the car was completly stock. On the race rubber I've picked up another 1.5-2 seconds and I'm still reprogramming my brain for the ammount of traction I have now. Only gonna get faster.
And since the OP is heading towards an HPDE vehicle, koni's are bare minimum for his application. On a race track or autox Is where the konis come into their own.
This is a pretty basic setup but on street tires I picked up 2 seconds on a 60 sec autox course from when the car was completly stock. On the race rubber I've picked up another 1.5-2 seconds and I'm still reprogramming my brain for the ammount of traction I have now. Only gonna get faster.
And since the OP is heading towards an HPDE vehicle, koni's are bare minimum for his application. On a race track or autox Is where the konis come into their own.
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From: St.Charles MO
I would reconsider 4/4s. Perhaps take a ride in a car with 4/4s and Bilsteins and see if you can notice a difference. I just put in Ground controls with 550/175 and Koni 4/4s and it doesnt ride much different than sportlines and kybs. Maybe I need to play with the settings but I just expected WAY more. Thankfully i got them used I would NEVER recommend the 4/4s new.
What do you have them set at and what is your ride height set at?
My Koni's with stock springs handled amazing compared to stock shocks/springs. The adjustments really make an impact when you play around with them, and I would expect larger changes with greater spring rates.
Overall, I definitely recommend the Koni's, and Strano has definitely been a pleasure to deal with.
Overall, I definitely recommend the Koni's, and Strano has definitely been a pleasure to deal with.
When i lived in SoCal i had Strano springs, Koni 4/4 and his sway bar installed. at that time the car only had boltons and some LCA, TA and PHR. I took it up to Palomar Mountain and was hooked ever since. The car handled like a dream, it was like it wanted me to push it harder!!
