Best Coil Overs
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Thank You for the write-up. It provides a lot more insight than I had to date. I have some thinking to do but keeping in mid my DD is very aggressive (I work way out west _ no traffic and decent roads). I have done some Road Racing and would like to pursue even more (when I get time) but I may buy another car just for that - maybe a C5 Z06.
1. R comp tire: as you already know will make the car feel stiffer. So Bilstein by itself is an entirely different story from Bilstein + R comp. The latter feels much closer to a GT3 for example.
2. Coilovers by definition allow you to change the "coils," ie springs. For example, while the base rate of the Bilstein springs are 336 front/560 rear. You could change it towards 400/600 by using different springs. This is what I did.
3. Stiffer other components such as the various suspension links, which you might want to consider eventually, will make the car even stiffer.
Keep in mind that although "stiffer is better" holds true for a car at the track, within reasons. If this car is to be used mostly on street, 400/600 is probably about as stiff as I would make it. Where road surface is not smooth, a car that is too stiff could be dangerous. Stiff cars like to go airborne with road bumps, and going airborne and therefore losing steering input in a curve is not where you would like to be.
I have tried different spring rates and tires on my Turbo and could tell you that eventually too stiff of a car makes for a very tough daily driver; a stiffly sprung car feels tremendous in a curve, but the noise and harshness will get on your nerves eventually as a daily driver.
Regarding JRZ/Moton: The key is to get a good setup man. On East coast Michael Levitas of TPC is considered some kind of JRZ guru, and that's where I would go if that's the route you choose. They are close enough in quality: JRZ was started by 3 Dutch guys, the J (Jeremy?) of JRZ left to start Moton. Another guy left and started ProTrac I think. So from JRZ we now have JRZ, Moton, and Protrac. Someone here on this forum tried JRZ (my friend Mike/Gotboost?); he eventually took it off because it was too stiff for his taste, IIRC.
Last edited by cannga; 11-21-2011 at 12:19 PM.
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