the lower you go on the rear the more the diff angle changes.therefore the lower you go the more you need adjustable trailing arms and pan hard rod.
Heres one for the track guys, and people who like their 86's to actually handle, rather than skip all over the road like many of the drift guys 86's do.
Please dont spin shit, and I dont believe for a second that there is no such thing as being too low so dont even say it
When setting up the suspension for a car, How low is too low?
I am getting coilovers for the front with hts shocks all round and 220mm unsprung springs for the rear. The springs are in 8kg front and 6kg rear.
I know that the trd race springs I used in my old hachi were 245mm unsprung, and these are slightly stiffer so less sag. I always wanted it to sit just that little bit lower, hence the 220mm rear springs (and of course the front is adjustable).
How low is too low? If it hits bumpstops all you do is cut them, and the hts shocks are capable of handling springs that stiff and low so Im wondering if the 25mm drop in height over the trd race springs will be too much?
the lower you go on the rear the more the diff angle changes.therefore the lower you go the more you need adjustable trailing arms and pan hard rod.
I don't think 25mm will be to much. I use to have a Lancer which I lowered 60mm and I can still drive that most places.
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when I said 25mm drop in height, that was added over the already dropped trd race height springs. It more like a 80mm or more drop overall...
yeah quite a big drop in height compared to stock.
at the moment i've just got a panhard rod in the back so centralise the diff.
looking at getting adjustable arms later on though
cant really compare the ae86 to a lancer as theyre a totally different car with totally different suspension setup
I've got custom K-MACS on the rear- lowered 2.5" and 90% stiffer than OEM. I have 14x6 with 195/60/14 and the guard sits just below the top of the tire.
The fronts I've got '315mm Whiteline Control Springs' the 315mm refers to the sill to center distance, i'd like it about 1/4" lower but for everyday driving, the car is just tall enough to avoid speed humps.
8/6 is way too stiff if you want your car to "actually handle" I'd go for a 6/4-3.5kg with a 30mm drop. It doesent really matter how high the car is. You can always fix the geometry fuckups with RCA's and adjustable panhards etc. Besides, who give a *i was pwned by swearing filter* how your car handles if you drive around with your roof in the clouds. Dump that shit on the ground.
If u plan to carry ur car on a trailer anytime in the future, Just be careful about ur car height.....
I didnt realise my height was a problem till my 86 got stuck on the end of the tralier while taking it off. (The gearbox was touching the tralier floor)
Lucky a bunch of other drifters at calder helped lift it up and push it off.
(it didnt get stuck puttin it on cuz the ground was uneven and reduced the ramps angle. But wen i was taking it off it was on flat ground and the angle of the ramps was too much compared to the height of the car)
Learn from my mistakes....
rule of thumb is your shocks must have full travel,
Stiffness and harshness often comes from lowered cars with short springs and struts not converted. This situation causes 'bottoming' of standard strut cartridge and more often the strut casing itself. This is the MAJOR reason we want to convert to 'coil-over' with a 35mm~40mm cut and converted casing to drop the car more than 1.5 inches. (It usually doesn't seem like it bottomed because it is cushioned by bump stop foam often) but the fact is you've run out of travel.
SHIT MAN DEPEND WHERE YA GO IF ITS LOWERED BY 80MM OR SO AY JUST B CAREFUL
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