Difference from T/A to WS6?

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Jun 17, 2006 | 10:57 AM

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Difference from T/A to WS6?

Is there that big of a difference between the suspension on a T/A to a WS6?

Jun 17, 2006 | 01:23 PM

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There's not a really big difference.

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Jun 17, 2006 | 03:51 PM

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Jun 17, 2006 | 03:52 PM

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Yeah I know the appearance mods that they came with I am wanting to know the differences between the two suspensions. How much better does one handle than the other?

Jun 17, 2006 | 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by zroc86

Yeah I know the appearance mods that they came with I am wanting to know the differences between the two suspensions. How much better does one handle than the other?

you get a 32mm swaybar, and thats pretty much it. With the firehawk, you get more options.

Jun 18, 2006 | 10:28 AM

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Suspension-wize, all four shocks are larger, front springs are 1" lower with increased rate, the 32mm front bar is larger the 29mm TA. The rear 21mm bar was are rare special WS6 option that had to be special ordered. I believe thats it.

Jun 18, 2006 | 12:13 PM

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Same shocks as the regular T/A, dont know where you got that information from. And never heard the term "larger shocks" before either. They also share the same spring part number, and the regular T/A has a 30mm bar upfront. The last time you could ge the 21mm bar from the factory was on a 93 1LE, every car after that came with a 19mm bar in the rear.

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Jun 18, 2006 | 08:48 PM

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Thanks for the correction on the stock front sway bar mm. I forgot what the standard TA size was. However, my WS6 shocks are muct larger in diameter than my TA shocks. There's different part numbers on the Decarbon shocks for WS6.

Jun 18, 2006 | 08:52 PM

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98-early 2000 cars actually have different shocks, (still decarbons, but different) where midway through 2000 they watered down the WS6 "suspension" package to just swaybars.

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