aaronbigtime

what suspension part should i buy first i try and buy one part every month and a hald for my car now what should i buy suspension related first? i was gonna go with lower control arms? then upper? what should my next two steps be? and which one does better for perfomance first?

Norm Peterson

What does your car do now that you wish it wouldn't? Or not do that you'd like it to? Or that it does "sort of OK now" but that you want it to do better?

If you aren't having any suspension-related issues, there's nothing to fix by tinkering with it, and tinkering won't necessarily make it any better at all. Unless this is at least a moderately serious show car, suspension is all about function. Not 'style' or 'bling'.

It's not my intention to discourage you from making mods. Doing them for the right reasons is the direction to head off in.


Norm

Sam Strano

Bravo Norm... bravo. Exactly my thinking, andwhat I'd need to know the answer to before making *any* sort of recommendation.

RodeoFlyer

buy a copy of Race Car Vehicle Dynamics.

best $100 you can spend

Norm Peterson

First, spend $20 on Fred Puhn's book so you'll have some idea what the Millikens are talking about and doing derivations of/for.


Norm

ybnormal

LIKE Mr Norm and Mr sam said.....Yes come up with a plan of what you want the car to do. If you buy 1 part a month: Are you the type of person that has to install it when you get it? Suspension parts usually work out better when you do them together. I mean if you buy 1 part and install it. You might (should ) follow up with an alignment. Then another part and remove the very part you installed 1 or 2 months ago only to put another over top or around it. Ride with someone who has suspension mods that uses there car the way you do. It is hard for anyone to give you advice not knowing about the car or driver.

good luck with your future mods

jwineco5

Don't one-part-it-a-month, buy it all at once!!