How Do I Get The T To Handle Better?

[bjcrown]

Anyone know a good wheel aligment place in Melbourne Eastern / South Eastern suburbs?

Anyone please?

[shitbmxrider]

fulcrum in berwick have a good name

[Erko]

DoubleK , after alot of research ( I used to work in the suspension game so I know who to ask) I fitted Bilstein struts, Kings 20mm lowered coils and Super Pro camber adjustable, polyurethane front lower inner control arm bushes to mine. The difference is enormous. The car handles superbly and rides nicely too.

I chose Bilsteins because they are a German engineered mono tube design shock which means they have a much larger piston area than most shocks which are twin tube. This gives excellent damping control without small bump harshness so the ride quality is better than the standard suspension even though the shocks are stiffer. Which is why they are used in most Mercedes, Bmw's, some Ferraris etc.

I have not driven a T with Teins in it so I can't comment on them.

The lower inners are important firstly because they give extra camber adjustment which allows the wheel aligner to get the correct setup as the stock car ofter has insufficient adjustment range. Secondly the stock lower inner is a large soft bushing that allows the wheel alignment to change significantly under cornering and braking loads. The poly bushs fix this. Super Pro are the best engineered poly bushes by far.

With the increased spring rate of the King's coils I have found no need for a stiffer swaybar. In my opinion sway bars are rarely required on a road car if the spring and damping rates are correct and usually just result in excessive understeer (or oversteer on the back) and tramlining on uneven roads.

Also remember that possibly the most important part of the suspension is the tyres. Good tyres make a huge difference. And find a good wheel aligner ( most suspension specialists) as most wheel aligners just use the settings in the book without much understanding of the underlying principles of dynamic wheel alignment. It is quite possible to align a car to within the recommended specs and have it steering poorly or wearing tyres. A good tip in this regard is if the guy who does the alignment doesn't test drive the car after he's finished then he probably hasn't a clue.

Great post mate. Excellent tip on the bushes.

Do you know what the King spring rates are and how they compare to stock ?

Like you I have always favoured a heavier spring rate with matched damping rather than going with larger sways bars, which imho compromise the independance of the suspension somewhat.

[EXIT]

Great post mate. Excellent tip on the bushes.

Do you know what the King spring rates are and how they compare to stock ?

Like you I have always favoured a heavier spring rate with matched damping rather than going with larger sways bars, which imho compromise the independance of the suspension somewhat.

I'm not sure of the actual spring rates but King's could tell you for sure. Generally I beleive their springs are approx 20 - 25% stiffer than the stock springs. Someone may want to correct me on that though.

[BFHOON]

street slicks.

I have a set of yokos on mine at the moment handles like its on rails.

[EZ2CME]

How do they go in the wet?

[seventytwo]

I would say it would be scary in any more than a drizzel.

[BFHOON]

I havnt had the chance yet to see how they go in the wet but they really are a wet slick, should be better than a road tyre with lots of tread on them. soft rubber.

I get them cheap 60 bucks each from a guy I know who races, in the dry I can feel a noticable difference, more stable and no wheelspin in first, just a little rrrt not a squeal like road tyres.

when u throw it into second theres no sideways just a rrrt and off u go... im hooked.

as u can see by the pic they have plenty of meat left and have been cooked but are still sticky.

I do a good burnout on them and the top layer is gone,

[loopism]

and I bet they last about 1500km

[senna_T]

WAIT! Did you say 60 BUCKS! dude I'll buy four right now and pay for a case of beer! gimme gimme gimme!