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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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What specs do I want in a drag coilover?

I was looking into buying some coilovers for drag racing but I spoke to JIC and they said they could rebuild-revalve with new springs my current coliovers for $220 a corner. Thinking about sending in my rears only????? They said I could give him the specifics on what I wanted or he could build to spec a HKS hyper drag coilover...

I have no idea on the specifics for what I want. I just know I want a coilover so I can adjust my height and one that will let my car sqaut out of the hole and not bounce right back up so hard...

What do you guys think??
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Old May 28, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sk8world
I was looking into buying some coilovers for drag racing but I spoke to JIC and they said they could rebuild-revalve with new springs my current coliovers for $220 a corner. Thinking about sending in my rears only????? They said I could give him the specifics on what I wanted or he could build to spec a HKS hyper drag coilover...

I have no idea on the specifics for what I want. I just know I want a coilover so I can adjust my height and one that will let my car sqaut out of the hole and not bounce right back up so hard...

What do you guys think??
Just from what I have been reading, I don't think the coil overs are the way to go. HKS does not recommend running the drag coilovers on the street. A searched "hks drag" in the subject line and the few that came up stated it will be damaged if you run them through potholes on the street.

When I had lowered springs with stock shocks I had good 60 ft times. As the power came on harder with a larger turbo it was harder to control and I then upgraded to the greddy coil overs which I loved but the car would bounce too much but I still had good 60ft times.

A few use the Koni 5 way adjustables with eibach or H and R springs and like them. The Koni's can be revalved as well.

Anthony
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Old May 28, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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Thanks Anthony.. I am not to worried about the street driving as I do not do much lately.. Also were I live has nice smooth roads with very few pot holes.. I will do some research on them first..
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