J0RD0
24th April 2010, 12:47 PM
Car - KE70
motor - 4G63
use - transport
problem - need coilies
occurs/started when - when i realised i need coilies
personal situation -im too cool for school
well before i proceed i need some opinions.
I know alot of people reading the title would have a confused look on there face but just hear me out first
Ok well doing the evorolla project, it needs good suspension and must have very good brakes as i plan on getting into some track work, not too seriously but you can never have enough brakes. This is why im very keen on sticking with my R33 front brake setup and 5 stud conversion all round using a Hilux rear end (staying 5 stud also) So alot of people are against the s13 front gear for reason's i can understand But the main problems i can see for this is that the aftermarket coilover's are simply way too low and the lca's are too long.
So if i were to use a coilover kit and make them so they were alot higher than the aftermarket stuff and get some adjustable or even shorten the lca's would this still be such a bad direction to go??? It may seem like alot of effort but the main reason i want to do it this way is to keep my brakes ive already got becuase i cant see any other brake upgrade that pleases the eye and can be done on my budget.
Not having ever done a coilover kit before and not knowing where to start my next question if no one can point out a serious fault in this proposition is how would i work out the height i need to mount the sleeve's to be able to achieve legal height for my car and have the adjustibility to go quite low for drift/track days.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/1/5/0/42556.jpg
Also anything anyone can point out the do' and dont's when making your own coilover kit would be helpful to me and appreciated.
motor - 4G63
use - transport
problem - need coilies
occurs/started when - when i realised i need coilies
personal situation -im too cool for school
well before i proceed i need some opinions.
I know alot of people reading the title would have a confused look on there face but just hear me out first
Ok well doing the evorolla project, it needs good suspension and must have very good brakes as i plan on getting into some track work, not too seriously but you can never have enough brakes. This is why im very keen on sticking with my R33 front brake setup and 5 stud conversion all round using a Hilux rear end (staying 5 stud also) So alot of people are against the s13 front gear for reason's i can understand But the main problems i can see for this is that the aftermarket coilover's are simply way too low and the lca's are too long.
So if i were to use a coilover kit and make them so they were alot higher than the aftermarket stuff and get some adjustable or even shorten the lca's would this still be such a bad direction to go??? It may seem like alot of effort but the main reason i want to do it this way is to keep my brakes ive already got becuase i cant see any other brake upgrade that pleases the eye and can be done on my budget.
Not having ever done a coilover kit before and not knowing where to start my next question if no one can point out a serious fault in this proposition is how would i work out the height i need to mount the sleeve's to be able to achieve legal height for my car and have the adjustibility to go quite low for drift/track days.
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/1/5/0/42556.jpg
Also anything anyone can point out the do' and dont's when making your own coilover kit would be helpful to me and appreciated.