[Supras] Strut time!

Jim Jobe jjobe2 at supratech.org
Fri Mar 16 09:16:46 CST 2007


Hah.  Bump it up over 500rwhp and just keeping it going straight
is a challenge.  :-D

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:10:13AM -0400, Walker, Brian1 (Rich. Dist) wrote:
> Same here Geoff. MY car was very tail happy with the ST bars (F&R) and
> eibachs, 235/265 tire combo and nylon bushings. This was with the rear bar
> on the softer setting even. I've since gone to a stiffer front bar (Tanabe)
> and left the rear bar at the softer setting. Handling was very nuetral and
> would push just slightly. Switched to 235/255 and there's now a slight
> oversteer tendency, which feels just right to me.
> 
> I'm thinking a whiteline front and stiff setting on the ST rear bar might be
> a good setup with staggered tire widths too.
> 
> FWIW, I've just swapped the old shocks on my LTD Tacoma (Tokico) to the
> off-road suspension (Bilstein) what a difference I dampening and overall
> feel. 
> 
> Brian 
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:45:12 +0900 
> From: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com> 
> Subject: Re: [Supras] Strut time! 
> To: "Christian, Skip" <wellner.christian at navy.mil> 
> Cc: supras at supras.com 
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> Ya..get the ST or the whitelite sway bars..run..dont walk.  :)  And no, it
> wont rip anything off in general...maybe 1 in 100 of us have had that
> problem, very rare.  But a HUGE difference.
> 
> For the best performance, however, ive found that soft in the rear is
> better, ive traded Email with many people on the list privately who have
> open tracked their car..who have had handling issues with the rear bar full
> stiff.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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