New thoughts for '06, Suspension upgrades.... Options

[crash914]

Ok, Chris's thread and other have got me thinking....

I am running 23mm torsion bars and a large sway bar...big springs in the rear and the car is slammed...

From Chris's thread...I just realized that I used up all my shock travel. What ways are there to regain some travel? raise the shock towers? lower the bottom mounting point? others? Any one make a bolt on kit?

Ok, on the front...

is there any advantage to going with a coil over set up? anyone make them?
same question on shock travel....now that I am very low...how can I increase my shock travel....I don' t know if I am bottoming out..

I guess the saving grace is that my suspension is so stiff, there is not much travel...I can jump up and down on any corner and it only moves around 1/4 inch...hmmmm this can by why I spin so much... I am guessing that I am loading up one corner, running out of travel and then the chassis can't take any more....

Looking for some possible solutions....

[brant]

QUOTE (crash914 @ Jan 2 2006, 11:10 AM)

Some cool ideas....I am not sure what I have..everything came with the car. I do have yellow koni's all around.  got to look for bump stops.  I think that they are all gone. I have heard about raised spindles...this might be an option. I was just wondering if anyone went to the coil over option in the front.  It seems easier than messing around with custom or scarce torsion bars...herb

some will disagree...
but here is my opinion:

front coil overs don't really make the suspension better.
all they do is make it so that its easier to change spring rates.

if you find that your changing your torsion bars more than 3-4 times a year....
or changing them out for every different track you go to...

then fine.. you might need coil overs.

most people do not change torsion bars (spring rates) very often.

The other reason I can think of for doing it is because you need a rate that is so high that you can't get a torsion bar that strong... such as 350lbs or more.

reasons for not doing it include:
-usually automatically bumps you into the most modified class
-cost money
-actually increases the unsprung weight some, since torsion bars do a very good job of getting their weight low and connected to the chassis in such a way as to need very little energy applied for their range of motion.

brant