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John
John
I have done a fair ammount of ready and calculating on suspension, and there have been some good discussion threads in the Automotive Engineering suspension forum on it. As a rule of thumb, and this is backed up by people like Rand Noll who are racing (and winning) with the MKII, you want nearly equal front and rear spring rates. Maybe a touch higher in the rear, but not much. I seem to remember him saying he runs 400f, 450r, or something close to that anyway.jeebert2 said:Interesting you say that about the spring rates. I see they are 170 and 400. They are more spread apart than the stock rates. Running a car set up for B Stock at autocross and the track, I would think that would be a setup for oversteer. I would guess you would want something like a 250 or 300 rate up front to go with the 400 rear to keep it balanced. By the time you put a much bigger front sway bar on with the stock springs, the lateral rates must be pretty close together. Perhaps the dampers make up the difference ? Thoughts ?
I do get the impression that these coilovers might be worthy of a track car. I keep hearing that the D2s, K2s, Megan, etc. are not good because of the dampers for real racing applications. I'm thinking of running my 88 SC at autocross from now on and changing the 93T to more of a track setup. I was thinking about going with a custom job on the stock housings to allow Ground Controls and use Konis until I saw these. I would just like to hear from some people who know racing that have them. It is certainly encouraging to hear that they have good dampers, since that seems to be the weakness of most of the coilovers I see for the MR2.
John
What size wheels (width/offset) and tires are you running on front? Using any spacers?RoadWarrior said:This picture shows TRD uprated topmounts fitted, i later changed these to tein pillow ball mounts to get more camber to clear my front wheels.
No. I bought Tein pillow mounts for mine.jeebert2 said:Do they come with top mounts ?
John