looking for advice on suspension

greengoblin231 · Post by **greengoblin231** » March 19th, 2007, 9:35 pm

I am buliding a 93 gs and I want to go a well rounded balance. I want a full suspension setup. I have lowering springs w/ KYB Gr2's. I am not looking for a full race track setup but moreless a good street and road setup. I plan to get a SRD rear lower tie bar, camber kits, all new bushings , but what else am I missing. I have a front strut bar and I am getting a rear. any other ideas or suggestions would be helpful . Thanks.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » March 19th, 2007, 10:43 pm

Sounds like you got a good setup. However, do you already have those struts? That would be the only updrade I can see becuase they are just a OEM replacement, not really meant for lowering. You may want to look into upgrading to tokico or the escort ZX2 shocks (also tokico) from ford racing. They are a good price too!

Mazdaracer · Post by **Mazdaracer** » March 20th, 2007, 2:36 am

solo_ryder wrote:Sounds like you got a good setup. However, do you already have those struts? That would be the only updrade I can see becuase they are just a OEM replacement, not really meant for lowering. You may want to look into upgrading to tokico or the escort ZX2 shocks (also tokico) from ford racing. They are a good price too!

+1

Sway bars, brake pads, tires... are also good upgrades.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » March 20th, 2007, 9:21 am

Get camber bolts, not camber plates. I know the plates look cool, but are not really streetable. They replace the rubber boot that the OEM plates have and then you direct all the shock of a bump straight to the cars body which is very uncomfortable and might rip the strut mount over time. As for the upper strut mounts Mazda Speed and someone else (I cannot remember who) make a upgraded upper mount. Buy those for extra stiffness without the potential for tearing the metal of the car.
Other than that, I'd repalce all the bushings (control arm, sway bar, bump stop, engine mounts, shifter), lower ball joints, tie rod ends, get new bearings in the hubs and upgrade the struts to the ones mentioned above. You'll have a car that drives like it is on rails then.
GL.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » March 20th, 2007, 10:47 am

Yea I forgot to mention all of that, you can get new mounts from corksport as well (mazdaspeed IIRC) and probably the biggest upgrade is a good sway bar, the rear ends on our cars seem to be sloppy, at least IMO.

That didnt sound right haha

tehbrookzorz · Post by **tehbrookzorz** » March 20th, 2007, 2:54 pm

Sloppy rears bother me.

greengoblin231 · Post by **greengoblin231** » March 20th, 2007, 9:29 pm

thanks guys, I will keep you updated.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » March 20th, 2007, 10:52 pm

tehbrookzorz wrote:Sloppy rears bother me.

No doubt

tehbrookzorz · Post by **tehbrookzorz** » March 21st, 2007, 11:00 pm

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monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » March 22nd, 2007, 1:59 am

i am doing my suspension this summer i am going with the inserts

http://cafe.rapidus.net/stpierlu/koni.htm

& i am going to follow up with ground controls installed like this
http://cafe.rapidus.net/stpierlu/gc.htm

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » March 22nd, 2007, 2:16 pm

monty73741 wrote:i am doing my suspension this summer i am going with the inserts

http://cafe.rapidus.net/stpierlu/koni.htm

& i am going to follow up with ground controls installed like this
http://cafe.rapidus.net/stpierlu/gc.htm

I just ordered 4 of the koni reds and I'll be wrapping them in the eibach pro kit in a few weeks. I'll let ya know how it goes. :)

Mazdaracer · Post by **Mazdaracer** » March 22nd, 2007, 3:37 pm

I think you may be disappointed with the Eibachs...IMHO they are way too soft for real performance.

nightfire · Post by **nightfire** » March 22nd, 2007, 3:41 pm

Mazdaracer wrote:I think you may be disappointed with the Eibachs...IMHO they are way too soft for real performance.

Gah.

Well, I'll keep this as my winter suspension then. ;)

Actually to be honest, combining the new tires/wheels I ordered with Montreal's horrendous roads, a soft spring might not be such a bad thing.

Even as it is right now with my 205/55R15s and stock springs it's really bad in some parts of town.