Susepnsion upgrade
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Burning Brakes
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Susepnsion upgrade
I'm looking to eventually upgrade the suspension on my 93 6-spd coupe. It has the base suspension setup. During high speed spirited driving the car doesn't feel as buttoned down as I would like. I'd like to get some opinions on a suspension set up.
P.S. It has ZR-1 rims and new Goodyear Eagle F1 tires (275's at each corner) as well as Baer rotors on all corners and C5 calipers on the front already.
P.S. It has ZR-1 rims and new Goodyear Eagle F1 tires (275's at each corner) as well as Baer rotors on all corners and C5 calipers on the front already.
Melting Slicks
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From: Aledo/Waco Tx
Melting Slicks
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From: Aledo/Waco Tx
I highly doubt that its ever been tested....it'll be better than your base setup....but you'd also feel a huge improvement if you just replaced all the worn out parts in your current setup
Melting Slicks
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From: NW Chicago Suburbs
I had the same basic suspensionas you did. I kept the stock springs, upgraded the swaybars to 30mm/26mm solids with poly bushings and endlinks. After that my Vette cornered much flatter.
Eric
Eric
Le Mans Master
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From: St. louis, MO
Upgrade to a 30mm solid frt sway bar, better springs, http://www.vbandp.com/ has some great packages. Then get the Camber Brace from www.r-dracing.com, and their Cross Bar, or better yet, the S/T Frame Support (see sig).
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Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
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From: San Diego CA
Originally Posted by silver & red CE
I had the same basic suspension as you did. I kept the stock springs, upgraded the swaybars to 30mm/26mm solids with poly bushings and endlinks. After that my Vette cornered much flatter.
Eric
Eric
This made a huge difference in handling. No more exciting exits from bumpy corners.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 319
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From: LONG ISLAND NY
Ladimer,
I saw that package as well when I redid my suspension. I redid all the bushings and ball joints, made the switch to coil overs, VBandP smart struts, and heim links, and went with the 30 mm/26 mm sway bars instead of the package in mid america.
The reason for this is I got deals on almost everything (ebay and this forum) but the coil overs (which weren't much more than new springs and bilsteins) and TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRODUCT REVIEW FOR VETTE BRAKES AND PRODUCTS EXTREME TOURING SYSTEM on this web site. When I was in the market they got a terrible product review and it looks to be the same thing.
I can't tell you how my set up is going because I am still building the car but I sure help it was worth the effort.
I saw that package as well when I redid my suspension. I redid all the bushings and ball joints, made the switch to coil overs, VBandP smart struts, and heim links, and went with the 30 mm/26 mm sway bars instead of the package in mid america.
The reason for this is I got deals on almost everything (ebay and this forum) but the coil overs (which weren't much more than new springs and bilsteins) and TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRODUCT REVIEW FOR VETTE BRAKES AND PRODUCTS EXTREME TOURING SYSTEM on this web site. When I was in the market they got a terrible product review and it looks to be the same thing.
I can't tell you how my set up is going because I am still building the car but I sure help it was worth the effort.