Time to do the suspension, what shocks?
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Time to do the suspension, what shocks?
I have an '02 Z06 with an MTI 427 stroker. Have pretty much done everyting I feel I need to for power and want to do the suspension now. I have pretty much decided on T1 sway bars, end links and bushings. My car is lowered about 1.5 inches and I want to know what shocks to get and do they need to be custom length because the car is lowered. Was looking to spend about $1000 for the shocks but would be willing to spend a little more if it would make a noticeable difference.
Now here is the reason I want to do the suspension: I recently picked up an '04 BMW M3 as a daily driver. I got it from a friend of mine who put a lot of suspension work into it and it handles better than ANYTHING I have ever driven or even riden in! It has Bilstein 9 way adjustable coilevers and a strut tower brace. I have never owed anything but American cars, so not being biased, but this thing BLOWS my Z06 away in corners. There is a twisty road that I travel every day and at 90 MPH in the vette the rear end is starting to slide a bit. I take the same corners in the M3 at 100 and it doesn't even feel like I am even close to it's limits. My Z06 have nitto 555 RII's, so it's not like im running crappy tires. Also the vette feels a lot looser. I wonder if polly bushings throughout would help that.?
Now here is the reason I want to do the suspension: I recently picked up an '04 BMW M3 as a daily driver. I got it from a friend of mine who put a lot of suspension work into it and it handles better than ANYTHING I have ever driven or even riden in! It has Bilstein 9 way adjustable coilevers and a strut tower brace. I have never owed anything but American cars, so not being biased, but this thing BLOWS my Z06 away in corners. There is a twisty road that I travel every day and at 90 MPH in the vette the rear end is starting to slide a bit. I take the same corners in the M3 at 100 and it doesn't even feel like I am even close to it's limits. My Z06 have nitto 555 RII's, so it's not like im running crappy tires. Also the vette feels a lot looser. I wonder if polly bushings throughout would help that.?
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St. Jude Donor '08
Try a set of these.
http://www.pfadtracing.com/products/...&subcategory=1
More info on the set-up at Digital Corvettes
http://www.pfadtracing.com/products/...&subcategory=1
More info on the set-up at Digital Corvettes
