best suspension for rally

Sean cole v8coupe at gmail.com
Tue Dec 11 16:05:15 PST 2007


Know I might not be using my coupe for a rally or even much of a track car,
but here is the parts I have to go into the car once I finally get there.

I ordered a ground control kit for the car which runs ~400 for the kit.  You
do have to install it, but it's not that hard if you have simple metal
working tools like a grinder and a cutoff wheel.  The spring rates have
changed from 350-400 to 400-450 with Konit externally adjustable shocks
front and rear (though I am sending them in for service to have them
increase 20% in stiffness and turned into dual adjustable).  The way you get
adjustable rears is get a second set of 90q (b3/B4) two piece uprights and
remove the tierod.  This also allows you to use the front sway bar in the
rear, since the later cars have them mounted via the strut tube not the
control arms.

If the stock coupe bar isn't big enough for you the RS2 front sway bar is
28mm, but is getting very expensive with the Euro rising over the dollar and
the dealer hiking the price lately.  My coupe will be running a stock RS2
bar in front and either a stock coupe rear in the back or I might have a
larger 32mm rear bar built for the car with adjust ability to very soft
(respectively) and very stiff (way more then anything stock).  I am also
spending ~400 a shock in this car, but it's more then a little project car I
go out and abuse.  Like has been said money spent in the suspension is well
worth it like brakes.

Sean C.
V8 coupe project.  S8 4.2L 32v and a 6-speed with many more goodies.


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