hey all, just wondering what kind of suspension setup people are running on their FCs and what the think. My FC is begging for some new suspension and as soon as spring is here she gonna get it
Cheers

 

Tokico 5-ways and Sustec GF 210 springs. All corners.

 

kyb agx adjustables struts, ST springs. much better then stock

 

stock, but with broken parts

 

Bone Stock!

 

Tokico Illumina shocks
GC coilvovers and Eibach ERS springs
Suspension Techniques sway bars
Racing Beat sway bar end links
Ground Control rear camber adjust bar
Cusco front strut bar
Cusco rear strut bar


-Ted

 

bone stock. the dampers are in surprisingly good shape; or is that the nasty bushings absorbing all the energy.........

 

just ordered B+G lowering springs (1 1/4 drop front and back) Adcco sway bars (1 1/8 thick), and toucan industries strut bar...we'll see how they are on th e21st when i autocross the old SMOG DEMON 7.......

 

Racing Beat front and rear sway bars.

Mazdatrix triangulated front strut (strut towers, firewall, engine), and I had it chromed.

Cusco rear strut brace.

Koni Adjustables.

Racing Beat rear camber link.

Relocated the battery to passenger storage.

Tripoint custom coilover mod on OEM struts, which allows for corner balancing and lowers the car about 1.5". (Forget about Tripoint, they lost it years ago. My horror stories with them would curdle your blood, but there was a day when they had a guy in the shop who really knew how to set up performance suspension on a 2 Gen.) They are overpriced piston sucking sellouts now.

2850 lbs., near perfect 50/50/50 balance with 200 lbs. driver and .5 tank of gas.

Pirelli P7000 on OZ Volcano 17 x 8 wheels -- this required HR spacers in front, rolled fenders, and longer studs.

This car handles seriously well.

 

chromed triangulated brace.....true show AND go.
thats a nice touch.

 

Zeal Function V6 coilovers
Racing Beat swaybars
Prothane bushings
Toe Eliminator Bushings
Custom rear camber adjuster
JIC strut bars

 

JIC FLT-A2 Coilovers
Eibach Sway Bars
Ground Control Rear Camber Link
Racing Beat front strut tower bar
205 front/ 225 rear staggered tire sizes
One of the most important components of your suspension: Tires! Don't forget to get a good set of tires! I use Toyo Proxes T1-S tires, because they have decent tread wear, and they also are on par in terms of dry grip with the BFG G-forces and Bridgestone Potenza S-03 PPs. They're also crazy good for wet roads.

Ted - how easy/difficult was the install for the Cusco rear bar? How much cutting did you have to do? I'm sorta interested in getting one...

 

I had a 2" bimetal hole saw on hand, and I eyeballed the holes.  I found out later that Cusco had instructions included in the plastic bag.

After cutting the two holes, it was easy to install the bar in the rear.  I have no carpet back there, so it made it easy to install.


-Ted

 

I'll bet not having carpet makes the install a lot easier. Oh well, I don't think a rear strut tower bar would make THAT much of a difference.

 

kei office coilover set + 17" rims and front and rear strut bar. my suspension is not suitable for street .

 

just curious where that extra 50 is coming from...

 

Engergy Suspension Bushings
• Suspension Tech Sway Bars
• Tein Flex Suspension with EDFC Controller

 

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Originally posted by fcfdfan

2850 lbs., near perfect 50/50/50 balance with 200 lbs. driver and .5 tank of gas.
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QUOTE]Originally posted by projekt
just curious where that extra 50 is coming from... [/QUOTE]

I'm sure there's a good joke answer in that, but...

That steel Mazdatrix strut is no lightweight item. Then add in the Cusco rear strut, the heavier-than-stock sway bars, a Dynaspray interior, a Donnelly electric mirror, a stereo system with amp, 10 cd changer, big speakers in custom door pods, and a high end Viper alarm. Add all my Greddy engine control hardware on top of that and you have more than 50 pounds. It's just that I stripped out more than 50 pounds when I did my custom rear hatch floor and storage area.

 

tokico Illumias
eibach springs
turbo II sway bars
corksports front and rear strut bars
mazda motorsports rear streer elim.

 

-KYB AGX's
-eibach prokit springs
-TEIN (I think ) camber plates
-ebay front strut bar
-CP racing rear strut bar.

I just wish my car was lower!

my rear strut bar made a HUGE difference. its unexplanable. just made the whole car feel stiffer, and more responsive.

 

I think he was talking about the third 50 in your 50/50/50 weight balance, not the extra 50 lbs.

 

Split 50/50 left to right.
Split 50/50 front to back.


-Ted

 

tokico shocks and struts, racingbeat springs, racingbeat swaybars, racingbeat endlinks, racingbeat front strutbar,
cusco rear strutbar