[s-cars] anyone running 18x8.5" wheels?

[CaptMagu at aol.com]

Alex and s-heads

I thought I would reply to Alex and the list about his suspension questions. 
Alex is curious about what would make an ultimate street suspension. Here's 
what I have done. I have Bilstein Sports revalved +10% in Compression and +30% 
rebound with a minor adjustment based on corner weighting. I also have Eibach 
Prokits in the front and had them in the rear. I wanted something a little more 
aggressive for the rear so I pulled the Prokits when I did the revalve and 
installed a set of Ground Control coilovers. These are a standard set of Ground 
Control coilovers using 8" linear Eibach 400lb springs. I also have my HRSB 
set at full hard. The rear Prokits were rated at something like 280 lbs. The 
last piece is a set of 2Bennett 2 Gen camber/caster plates with solid spherical 
bearings. These are vastly superior to the 1 Gen plates and make no embarassing 
noises. 

This system as a whole provides for a wonderfully neutral s-car. With the 
power I have on tap its fairly easy to get the car to mildly oversteer. The rear 
coilovers do allow some corner weighting capability. I think I'm just about 
finished with the suspension but there is always the front sway bar to swap out 
for the 28mm variety. I could also go with a front coilover but I like my rear 
to front spring balance or unbalance as the case may be. Here's a picture of 
my rear suspension:

http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/15038/rear_suspension__1.jpg

Hap, wit dakine neutral s-car in Evahboost, Maguire