[Supras] Struts

[Jeff Mohler]

Its "best" within a given set of circumstances.

The one thing thats important, is you dont end up scraping your DP and
framerails on the ever more common and aggressive speed bumps on stock
springs, a low sporty ride is OK if thats what you want, but a well
balanced and tuned rude will require linear springs.  OEMs are linear,
OEMs are a higher spring rate than you think..

And  ya, my current project chassis is big struts only, still on OEM
swaybars, youd have no idea that there are good stuts in the car at
all.



On 7/26/06, Brian Walker <Brian.Walker at timmons.com> wrote:
> Geoff will tell you it's a good shock w/ the stock springs that's the
> best combination (he's probably right but I haven't tried that setup
> yet) Sorry I don't know more, I'm still on the Tokico/Eibach setup and
> once it shows problems I'll look for a properly suited shock.
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> If it's the boat-like feeling you're looking to improve on, IMO you'll
> get a better bang for your buck out of replacing the stock swaybars.
> Even with the stock spring/shock setup a stiffer bar will do wonders for
> keeping the body flatter in corners. If you're worried about classing,
> you can swap a front bar in stock classes (Scca) and both in SP classes.
> There are various bars available. If you're only doing a stiffer front
> bar, I would go with one that's not too much stiffer than stock to try
> and keep the car as neutral as possible. The ST bar is the least stiff
> over stock, whiteline is the most.
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> Hope this helps,
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> Brian W
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> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:21:58 -0400
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> From: "Mike Long" <milisake at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Supras] Struts
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> While we're, sort of, on the subject.  What is considered to be the best
> spring, before going coil-overs, to use for the occasional performance
> (auto-x, track day) drive?  I believe my 87T still has the original
> suspension at 187k+ miles and it is feeling boaty so I'd like to start
> gathering strut and spring opinions now.
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> Cheers,
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> Mike, 87T
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