suspension set up
11-22-2006, 12:03 PM
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RE: suspension set up
Just remember you need good brakes for all that HP! I did suspension and brakes before i even started on the motor. You will be amazed at how well your car will feel! And would be even more amazed with how well it stops with good brakes. My brakes were by far the best thing I have done to my car! Yes that includes the S/C!
11-23-2006, 02:30 AM
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RE: suspension set up
Whats a good brake upgrade?
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Just remember you need good brakes for all that HP! I did suspension and brakes before i even started on the motor. You will be amazed at how well your car will feel! And would be even more amazed with how well it stops with good brakes. My brakes were by far the best thing I have done to my car! Yes that includes the S/C!
Just remember you need good brakes for all that HP! I did suspension and brakes before i even started on the motor. You will be amazed at how well your car will feel! And would be even more amazed with how well it stops with good brakes. My brakes were by far the best thing I have done to my car! Yes that includes the S/C!
11-23-2006, 03:09 AM
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RE: suspension set up
I'm in the middle of installing the m2300k kit, bilstein shocks & struts, H&R super sport springs, '03 cobra's (275s in rear, 245s up front), CC plates, Steeda upper & MM lower control arms, and all energy suspension bushings right now on my '93 
hopefully it'll be done by Sunday. I should have a very similar setup to you 93must, how do you like it?
Oh man I can't wait for this project to be done.
hopefully it'll be done by Sunday. I should have a very similar setup to you 93must, how do you like it? Oh man I can't wait for this project to be done.
11-23-2006, 03:30 AM
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RE: suspension set up
If you dont have rear disc brakes, do the conversion. Then get some high end pads, with some drilled and slotted rotors. The brakes will really show you what all that suspension stuff is for.
11-23-2006, 03:39 AM
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RE: suspension set up
I would actually recommend AGAINST drilled AND slotted rotors. Pick one or the other. When drilled and slotted, they tend to crack, ALOT easier, and also- the drilling AND slotting takes away ALOT of surface area.
Drilled and slotted is more for the look than anything else... it actually performs worse than either.
Drilled and slotted is more for the look than anything else... it actually performs worse than either.
11-23-2006, 04:13 AM
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RE: suspension set up
u can spend $2000 or $200,000 on a suspension set up and if its not right for your car its wrong all the way around. the good thing is im preety sure the bilsteins are adjustable which is good for street or drag. once again though you must know what your car is capable of because i always want the car to leave the line with the front weak enough or loose enough to transfer the energy to the back where it should be stiffer or tighter,but not so tight that it dont absorb any energy or it will just spin just as it will absorbing too much energy. i had mine set so loose one night in the rear that everytime i left the line my fender would peel strips of rubber off my tire, way too loose. check the video below and watch the energy transfer to the rear on my stang racing an s-10. if you pause it frame for frame off the start you will see what im saying and its on the loose side in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z63RwrhIgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z63RwrhIgI