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Old 07-04-2005, 02:57 PM
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Here is my set up on my 96 Formula.
Everyday driver. Im a pretty crazy driver sometimes. Will be at the strip about 10-12 times a year or so. No auto-cross though. But I do want good handling. K here it is. Feel free to express your opinion.

Koni double adj front shocks.
Bilstein HD rear shocks
35mm hollow front sway bar from stranoparts.com
also the 22mm hollow rear
Lower Control Arms
Anti Squat brackets
Eibach Sport Line-Kit
Double Diamond sub-frame connectors
Hotchkis tower brace
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Sounds good, should be a nice setup, you might want to think about a torque arm and panhard rod too.
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Is it a good Idea to use Koni in the front and Bilstein in the rear. Or am I making a mistake?
and is a panhard rod and torque arm necessary?
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Well, this is just my 2 cents and what I would do personally but I would use Bilstein's all around and I would throw in a torque arm and panhard rod simply because they will hold the rear end tighter than the stamped stock parts will, but they don't have to be changed.
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can anyone esle commetn on my above set-up.
aslo the koni front and bilstein set-up
thanks
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Ditch the sportlines, they are too low to allow the suspension to work properly (and they are too soft), and they will not help your drag racing performance at all (of course, most of this will not help your drag times at all). I'd probably ditch the Koni DA's on the front and look at Koni SA's for all 4 corners (DA's are nice, but overkill for a street car and SA's on all corners will be a better matched setup). I'd use the pro kit or hotchkis springs instead of the sportlines. I'd suggest a PHB to keep the rear end where it belongs.



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