BEST Suspension?
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Is their any "best" suspension setup for fbodies out their? Like a good setup that you can make it feel like a bmw suspension were you dont feel the road at all? someone told me something about air suspension but not sure what it is?
Any input on the subject would be greatly appreciated
Any input on the subject would be greatly appreciated
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Is their any "best" suspension setup for fbodies out their? Like a good setup that you can make it feel like a bmw suspension were you dont feel the road at all? someone told me something about air suspension but not sure what it is?
Any input on the subject would be greatly appreciated
Any input on the subject would be greatly appreciated
The next step, if you're looking to improve your handling would be a good set of springs and sway bars. Our spring rates deliver stellar ride comfort for a lowering spring and once combined with our sway bars and the Konis, the car will feel "crisp" and "taught." When it comes down to not feeling the road, that's where the live axle rears its ugly head. There are simply scenarios where having a solid axle out back will cause the car to track oddly over certain road imperfections. So you won't be able to eliminate that entirely, but the shocks alone will help out a lot. The sway bar being thicker, however, can impact the ride over certain bumps since it's a thicker, stiffer bar that will tie the front lower A-arms together.
If you're interested, we can set you up with a package on the aforementioned parts at a killer price. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Is their any "best" suspension setup for fbodies out their? Like a good setup that you can make it feel like a bmw suspension were you dont feel the road at all? someone told me something about air suspension but not sure what it is?
Any input on the subject would be greatly appreciated
Any input on the subject would be greatly appreciated
Are you looking for more of an old cadillac kind of ride?
I would talk to Sam Strano, hes the only sponsor on here that competes(and wins national titles) with 4th gen Fbodies in handling events: stranoparts.com
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BMR springs and KYB adjustable shocks. Got this package from BMR and have been very happy with it not to mention all the props I get for its stance.
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I'm sure this will turn sour fast. But I'll try anyway.
Handling is what I do. I don't do drag cars. I have developed my own springs and swaybars. I have 14 SCCA National Championships in various cars (many in 3rd and 4th gen F-bodies). Others might sell "similar" parts, or even the same parts. But it's easy to sell parts. What's not easy is setting the things up right, learning what works and *why*, and proving the result.
I've been doing this for a while now, I've got the results. I've got the knowledge. The worst thing anyone can say (and likely will) is that I can be gruff, or I'm a dick. Well, when you bust your *** for years and have folks swipe your work, or otherwise use you, it can be frustrating. But all in all 95% of folks are thrilled with me and the result, and 4% might not love me, but still love the result. My biggest issue, I don't play games. I want you to have what you need to get the result you want. Which means, when folks call and say "I want my car to handle better" I'm stuck. I need you to work with me, nobody calls and says they want their stuff to work like crap if you know what I mean. And I'm not one to slap you on the back and tell you "sure, do this and this and you're done". If you want that, I am not your guy.
If you want honest to goodness proven knowledge, from the very person who does the setup and development work, and wins the championships.... Well, then I'm your guy. And allow me to add that I live in Western PA, not in a place in the south where roads are pretty and nice, and not very demanding. My stuff, even my race cars work on the roads we have here. And there are results proving that too in the form of a car that ran between Queens NY and NJ every car right through NYC.
Handling is what I do. I don't do drag cars. I have developed my own springs and swaybars. I have 14 SCCA National Championships in various cars (many in 3rd and 4th gen F-bodies). Others might sell "similar" parts, or even the same parts. But it's easy to sell parts. What's not easy is setting the things up right, learning what works and *why*, and proving the result.
I've been doing this for a while now, I've got the results. I've got the knowledge. The worst thing anyone can say (and likely will) is that I can be gruff, or I'm a dick. Well, when you bust your *** for years and have folks swipe your work, or otherwise use you, it can be frustrating. But all in all 95% of folks are thrilled with me and the result, and 4% might not love me, but still love the result. My biggest issue, I don't play games. I want you to have what you need to get the result you want. Which means, when folks call and say "I want my car to handle better" I'm stuck. I need you to work with me, nobody calls and says they want their stuff to work like crap if you know what I mean. And I'm not one to slap you on the back and tell you "sure, do this and this and you're done". If you want that, I am not your guy.
If you want honest to goodness proven knowledge, from the very person who does the setup and development work, and wins the championships.... Well, then I'm your guy. And allow me to add that I live in Western PA, not in a place in the south where roads are pretty and nice, and not very demanding. My stuff, even my race cars work on the roads we have here. And there are results proving that too in the form of a car that ran between Queens NY and NJ every car right through NYC.
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Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
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Talking to Sam sometimes is like talking to the male version of Judge Judy. Direct, blunt, and comes off as rude and condescending to s lot of people. Lol!!!
One thing is that he is passionate about what he does. Not to get too far of on a tangent. But here is thd order of what i did in my chase of the best suspension setup for a daily driver/canyon carver.
1) TIRES!! (continental dws)<<<best value for daily driving
2) got welded subframes (immediate notice of car feeling more rigid)
3) got on car adjustable Koni shocks(noticed a dramatic difference not so much when daily driving but when pushing my car hard on cruises in the hills)
4) STRANO lowering springs and PHB
NEXT UP: lower control arms, sway bars, torque arm
One thing is that he is passionate about what he does. Not to get too far of on a tangent. But here is thd order of what i did in my chase of the best suspension setup for a daily driver/canyon carver.
1) TIRES!! (continental dws)<<<best value for daily driving
2) got welded subframes (immediate notice of car feeling more rigid)
3) got on car adjustable Koni shocks(noticed a dramatic difference not so much when daily driving but when pushing my car hard on cruises in the hills)
4) STRANO lowering springs and PHB
NEXT UP: lower control arms, sway bars, torque arm
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Sam strano, probably not going to read it here but, i want a suspension that give ride quality to the best, what I meant by bmw it as an example, what I really mean is like new vehicles have really good suspension that feels like your floating in the air and not touching the ground, feels so comfortable and nice
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For what this is worth, I'm not generally a rude jerk. It takes two to tango and it's extremely frustrating to me when people expect me to be a mind reader, or make cracks about how it might have taken some time for me to respond, etc. I'm damned busy and I do my best to keep up and get things done in a timely manner. In fact phone calls are usually delayed because I'm taking the time to talk to people about their setups in detail, or trying to get stuff shipped out ASAP. This isn't a mega-business, I don't have 3 or 4 employees sitting here waiting to respond to messages, and even if I did it would never change the fact that I'm trying to do the best job I can with your money. That seems to **** some people off, I guess they just want to buy something just to feel good about "improving" their car.
Enough of that, onto needatransam's question.
I understand what you want, you want really good control without bleeding kidney's and a jarring ride. We can do that, in fact there are different ways to do it, to varying degrees. If lowering isn't a personal necessity, then I wouldn't (how many would recommend to NOT buy their lowering springs?) because the real truth is that the best ride comes from killer shocks on stock springs. The shocks deal with the impact harshness and then also tie the car down on rebound (and yes, Koni's rock here). I'd also probably recommend a set of sway bars too to help with the roll control, but the bars don't effect the ride like lowering springs. But there are other options, and frankly it's hard to do this online for a lot of reasons (lack of detail, unknown budget, etc). If you want advice then call me. If you think you know on your own you can order via the website, though I will have to call you once you submit the order for payment as I will not take CC's online anymore. Too many hacker issues, when major companies get hacked I don't want to take the risk. A little old fashioned, but then your information is safe.
Enough of that, onto needatransam's question.
I understand what you want, you want really good control without bleeding kidney's and a jarring ride. We can do that, in fact there are different ways to do it, to varying degrees. If lowering isn't a personal necessity, then I wouldn't (how many would recommend to NOT buy their lowering springs?) because the real truth is that the best ride comes from killer shocks on stock springs. The shocks deal with the impact harshness and then also tie the car down on rebound (and yes, Koni's rock here). I'd also probably recommend a set of sway bars too to help with the roll control, but the bars don't effect the ride like lowering springs. But there are other options, and frankly it's hard to do this online for a lot of reasons (lack of detail, unknown budget, etc). If you want advice then call me. If you think you know on your own you can order via the website, though I will have to call you once you submit the order for payment as I will not take CC's online anymore. Too many hacker issues, when major companies get hacked I don't want to take the risk. A little old fashioned, but then your information is safe.
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Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
www.stranoparts.com --814-849-3450
Results matter. Talk is cheap. We are miles beyond the success anyone else has had with the 4th gens, and C5, C6, C7 Corvettes,
10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
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Sam strano, probably not going to read it here but, i want a suspension that give ride quality to the best, what I meant by bmw it as an example, what I really mean is like new vehicles have really good suspension that feels like your floating in the air and not touching the ground, feels so comfortable and nice
If you hit really big ruts and bad roads, in my opinion nothing will make the Camaro feel good over that.