Suspension upgrade results.
12-18-2001, 12:23 AM
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Suspension upgrade results.
I'm finally done with the suspension upgrades. Upper/lower ball joints, tie rods, rear toe rods, 30mm front sway bar, 26mm rear sway bar, polyurethane upper/lower control arm bushings, sway bar bushings plus end links, diff carrier bushings and camber rod bushings ,plus both rear wheel bearings. Lowering kit with custom wheel alignment:
Front camber- .40 deg neg. Rear camber .70 deg neg. Caster 6 deg pos.
Front toe 0" Rear toe 1/16" toe in.
The car is much more responsive and precise with very limited lean. If I brake early I can enter the turn on the throttle keeping the speed or accelarating through it. Only if I brake extremely late cutting in the turn I get a decent amount of understeer, actually losing traction in th front. But that can be corrected with proper technique. I definatly recomend this upgrade to anyone interested in exploiting the vehicle's handling characteristics. Only drawback, I can feel every crease in the road, including gum wrappers. Now on to fix the squeeky glass top.
Front camber- .40 deg neg. Rear camber .70 deg neg. Caster 6 deg pos.
Front toe 0" Rear toe 1/16" toe in.
The car is much more responsive and precise with very limited lean. If I brake early I can enter the turn on the throttle keeping the speed or accelarating through it. Only if I brake extremely late cutting in the turn I get a decent amount of understeer, actually losing traction in th front. But that can be corrected with proper technique. I definatly recomend this upgrade to anyone interested in exploiting the vehicle's handling characteristics. Only drawback, I can feel every crease in the road, including gum wrappers. Now on to fix the squeeky glass top.
12-18-2001, 01:01 AM
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Re: Suspension upgrade results. (L98 DRIVER)
Being that I have 275 40 17's all around it still does a bit, but nowhere near the amount before the upgrade. It really does it only when there are wear grooves in the road (ruts) caused by heavy truck traffic.
12-18-2001, 03:15 AM
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Re: Suspension upgrade results. (lemans396)
How did you get the rubber bushings out from the A-Arms, and can you define the ride a little more; in terms of harshness is the ride jolting or is it smoothe, just the urethane transferring the road surface through the frame of your car???
12-19-2001, 12:05 AM
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Re: Suspension upgrade results. (BlackRocket)
BlackRocket, the VetteDoctors did all the work so I can't really answer your first question.
I wouldn't rate the ride as jolting. I think it's safe to say it's as firm as you can get. Bigger bumps ar actually smoother, but if you hit something like a pot hole, (plenty in NYC) then it's pretty sharp. There is a much more connected feelling with the road and positive driver feedback, the car "tells" you exactly what's going on. You are allways aware of what the tires are doing.
I wouldn't rate the ride as jolting. I think it's safe to say it's as firm as you can get. Bigger bumps ar actually smoother, but if you hit something like a pot hole, (plenty in NYC) then it's pretty sharp. There is a much more connected feelling with the road and positive driver feedback, the car "tells" you exactly what's going on. You are allways aware of what the tires are doing.