Improve handling with no increase in noise or vibration?
06-30-2002, 01:48 PM
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Re: Improve handling with no increase in noise or vibration? a shock tower brace and/or sub-frame connectors are not going to improve your handling very much at all
here's what i would do:
1. get a front end allignment
maximum negative Camber
maximum positive Caster
zero Toe
you want these setting to be close to the same for both sides, otherwise the car will turn better in one direction than the other
this will provide crisp turn in and a better contact patch during turns
2. get better shocks
Bilsteins or
Bilsteins with revalved fronts or
Koni Sport Single Adjustable shocks
new shocks can/will greatly improve transitional handling
3. get a Panhard Bar poly/heim
install the polyurethane on the chassis side
and install the heim joint on the axle side
this shouldn't increase road noise at all
this will provide very crisp handling in the rear
4. polyurethane endlinks for your sway bars
this will put the sway bars to work instead of the stock bushings deflecting
5. 1LE sway bars
they're definately optional because without actual testing, there is no way to say if your car is handling better with them
so it comes down to "feel", do they feel good to you?
6. Sub-frame connectors do have a tendency to get rid of regular chassis noise that you encounter in daily driving... i wouldn't call this a handling modification, but it might get you a little of what you want which is noise free opertation
that's about it, your car will have great potential with those modifications
i've seen some very fast F-stock Camaros, the only thing they can change is shocks, allignment and front sway bar
<small>[ June 30, 2002, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: prockbp ]</small>
here's what i would do:
1. get a front end allignment
maximum negative Camber
maximum positive Caster
zero Toe
you want these setting to be close to the same for both sides, otherwise the car will turn better in one direction than the other
this will provide crisp turn in and a better contact patch during turns
2. get better shocks
Bilsteins or
Bilsteins with revalved fronts or
Koni Sport Single Adjustable shocks
new shocks can/will greatly improve transitional handling
3. get a Panhard Bar poly/heim
install the polyurethane on the chassis side
and install the heim joint on the axle side
this shouldn't increase road noise at all
this will provide very crisp handling in the rear
4. polyurethane endlinks for your sway bars
this will put the sway bars to work instead of the stock bushings deflecting
5. 1LE sway bars
they're definately optional because without actual testing, there is no way to say if your car is handling better with them
so it comes down to "feel", do they feel good to you?
6. Sub-frame connectors do have a tendency to get rid of regular chassis noise that you encounter in daily driving... i wouldn't call this a handling modification, but it might get you a little of what you want which is noise free opertation
that's about it, your car will have great potential with those modifications
i've seen some very fast F-stock Camaros, the only thing they can change is shocks, allignment and front sway bar
<small>[ June 30, 2002, 01:53 PM: Message edited by: prockbp ]</small>
06-30-2002, 02:41 PM
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Re: Improve handling with no increase in noise or vibration? Sticky tires (I like Nitto 555RII) will do as much or more for handling performance than anything you can bolt on to the car IMHO.
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Improve handling with no increase in noise or vibration? Is this possible? I would like to make my car a more crisp handler but I don't want to add any road or engine noise and I don't want any vibrations. I really would not like to know these modifications are in place other than the increase in handling. I was thinking subframe connectors and a strut tower bar, these have no negative drawbacks right? What do you suggest? I'm pretty sure this eliminates any parts for me that have harder bushings. Thanks.
