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Best single suspension upgrade?
02-16-2005, 07:12 PM
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I would save for a 12 bolt, personally. There are lots of guys out there cutting 1.3-1.5 60' times with little more than tires and rearend.
There's always the SFCs, LCAs, TAs, etc.
There's always the SFCs, LCAs, TAs, etc.
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02-17-2005, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 01_SuperSlow
LCA's for traction.
Best suspension upgrade has to be SFC's.
Best suspension upgrade has to be SFC's.
LCA's work great for eliminating wheel hop, sub frames will increase the rigidity of the entire car. 
02-17-2005, 02:21 PM
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Man, I'm sitting here thinking about it, and I can't think of the one biggest upgrade to my suspension. New springs and shocks were a huge step in the right direction, but so were my subframes. Sway bars also helped a lot with how the car felt. My LCAs made a nice difference, but you have to know your car to feel the difference. Going through 4 sets of LCAs until I was happy helped too 
If I was going to do it in order of cost/overall effectiveness, I would go:
1. Subframes
2. Sway bars
3. Springs and shocks
4. LCAs
5. Panhard
If you are going to drag race, don't worry about the sway bars so much, and get shocks and springs that will help you launch instead of help you handle. My front-to-rear weight transfer isn't as good as a drag setup, but I like to drive around corners in town at a pretty good clip, so I had to make a compromise.
If I was going to do it in order of cost/overall effectiveness, I would go:
1. Subframes
2. Sway bars
3. Springs and shocks
4. LCAs
5. Panhard
If you are going to drag race, don't worry about the sway bars so much, and get shocks and springs that will help you launch instead of help you handle. My front-to-rear weight transfer isn't as good as a drag setup, but I like to drive around corners in town at a pretty good clip, so I had to make a compromise.
03-07-2005, 11:28 AM
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I'm bucking the trend here - for handling, SFC's don't do jack, compared to the difference a set of Konis makes. SHOCKS, SHOCKS, SHOCKS.
I have the SFCs because I put major miles on the car and wanted to make sure the unibody held up for the long haul. They may end up helping with that, the car still feels pretty solid at 120K. But when they were installed at 10,000 miles, they made zero difference in how the car handled or felt.
The single biggest improvement in handling came from the shocks. Koni SA's are worth their weight in gold on these cars. I've got the bilstiens in the back, but I think Sam Strano's current package specs the Konis for the rear as well, he's found one he likes as much as his bilstiens.
I have the SFCs because I put major miles on the car and wanted to make sure the unibody held up for the long haul. They may end up helping with that, the car still feels pretty solid at 120K. But when they were installed at 10,000 miles, they made zero difference in how the car handled or felt.
The single biggest improvement in handling came from the shocks. Koni SA's are worth their weight in gold on these cars. I've got the bilstiens in the back, but I think Sam Strano's current package specs the Konis for the rear as well, he's found one he likes as much as his bilstiens.