WILL THE HOTCHKIS SWAY BARS OFFER MUCH IMPROVEMENT OVER THE Z51 SETUP? AND ARE PEOPLE HAVING ANY NOISE PROBLEMS WITH THE HOTCHKIS? THANX.

 

I too would like to know, as I am interested in upgrading my suspension!! Anyone...Anyone!!

ZOOMNZ
Ripper
Vortex

 

Peole here have said it is a tighter ride, however, their threshhold may be different than yours.

The 2000 Z51 bars are thicker than previous years, so, if switching from a 97/98/99 you may feel more of a difference than with a post 2k upgrade.

I added the Z51 bars to my base susepnsion coupe and love the difference. At the time I did that,the Hotchkiss bars had issues with the end links. I think that is fixed now.

RG

 

HOTCHKIS SWAY BARS + BASE SUSP SHOCKS = ALL GRAVY !!

 

Could you elaborate???????????????

 

Sure :D

When I bought my car (base suspension), it had WAY too much body roll. I was stepping out of a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 (All Wheel Drive/Twin Turbo/4 Wheel Steering) and the car had me spoiled with such a "planted and tight" suspension package. It handled like a dream! The Vette was somewhat disappointing as the car didnt "feel" very sturdy at all to me with so much "play" at high speeds and hittting corners hard. In fact, I never hit a cornet above 60 MPH cause the car felt like it was going to roll on over or loose traction: where as before in the 3000GT VR4 I could hit the "same" corners @ 90+ easliy.

Well, after the HOTCHKIS sway bars were installed, the car felt MUCH more sturdy with a very stiff and ridgid feel (like it should IMO). Although it very was stiff now, (I kept the base "softer" shocks) it appeared to me that I had the perfect street/track setup, as I could now corner hard and the car would beg for more without any play or body roll. Also (being that I had soft shocks) I could still absorb rough roads without beating the car to death from having too much rigidness in the suspension. Reasonable potholes are not a problem at all: even with soft sidewall Nitto's! :D

:cheers:

BP


[Modified by bparker, 9:28 PM 10/7/2001]

 

One other note -

I can still get 1.8X 60' Times with this setup as well .. :yesnod: