DMclean

Hey has anyone tried these on there fb?

http://www.technotoytuning.com/productdetail.php?p=655

AE86 guys are doing it and they have the similar rear suspension setup as us fb owners. i know the strut tower wasn't designed to handle all the load of the rear axle but i'm sure something can be done?

tasty danish

iTrader: (5)

RE-speed's is cheaper and properly done, so the question is... why?

Kentetsu

You would have to do a lot of reinforcing of the shock tower area, which would add quite a bit of weight to the rear of the car. Not sure if there are any advantages to this over the use of the adjustable rear perches, but difficulty of installation and increased weight would be negatives.

Also, the perches are legal in a lot of the racing classes, whereas any fab work like the reinforcement I spoke of would put you straight into a modified class.




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j9fd3s

iTrader: (3)

yeah i don't see a point to the rear coil overs. how about relocated upper links? or the traction brackets though, both of those might help the FB

DMclean

i have a full respeed race setup right now. i'm just bouncing ideas, and i do agree that there would be a bunch of fabrication work needed.

Hyper4mance2k

iTrader: (40)

there is not one added benifit from doing that swap... but there are negitives. you be the judge.

Jibaro 12A

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re-speed FTW!

flight_of_pain

If you want to run rear coil overs, set up a 4-point roll bar and tie the rear shock towers into it. I have seen several setups like this and they are plenty strong.