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Old 05-09-2008, 10:48 AM
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Default Traction/Power to the ground mods?

If I plan to go f/i and see over 400rwhp, I'm gonna need a lot of help getting the power to the ground. What mods would help get traction with that kind of power besides the usual rear lower control arms, wider rims w/sticky tires, and thicker rear sway bar?
Thanks ahead of timefor any help.Decidingon future plans.
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Old 05-09-2008, 10:51 AM
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subframes or a roll cage to reduce chassis flex. drag shocks/struts, airbags, springs all to help with weight transfer.
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get some good sticky tires and sub frames
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All the suspension parts in my sig will work
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Oops I forgot there isnt enough room in the sig to fit everything.
Subframes, rear shock tower brace, relocate battery to the trunk, remove front swaybar.
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Old 05-09-2008, 11:24 AM
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ORIGINAL: oxfordgt

Oops I forgot there isnt enough room in the sig to fit everything.
Subframes, rear shock tower brace, relocate battery to the trunk, remove front swaybar.
I really want to do this, not only because it looks clean, but moving that 60#'s is supposed to help greatly. It just looks like alot of work.

What kind of short time improvements have you seen from it?
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Old 05-10-2008, 02:24 PM
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not difficult at all, probably 40 min.
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Took me about 30 min to install with the hardest part for me being finding a good spot to drill the holes. I probably have 13 holes under the box cause i kept going into a frame. I only had this problem because I have a rear strut tower brace. I'll try to get ahold of my friend who is taking care of my car for me and have him send a pic of the trunk. If you do the delete get rid of all the old battery wires I see alot of people keeping them in the car and even attaching the old red to the new then to the fuse box, ugly. And its not 60 lbs more like 20.
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an aluminum driveshaft shouldhelp you out a little bit. . . less parasitic loss on the drivetrain. . 11 pound loss or something like that. not crazy difference, but every bit helps.
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My car hooks really well on the street, on the less than stellar 315 nittos. I can leave at 2k, and once the clutch is out pin the throttle with usually zero tire spin.

What I have done is:

Strange 10 way adj shocks/struts
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upper/lower C/As
Fox 4cyl front springs
Roush racing rear springs
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