Suspension Questions
 

I'm trying to plan out some future suspension mods and am looking for some input from anyone that has some track experience. I've always been interested in drag racing but after a recent vacation I was able to drive a Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Gallardo on a road course. I have to say that after that experience I am hooked and I plan on hitting the track with my car and am not really interested in the drag strip anymore. Luckily my car has the Brembo brakes and Boss 302 rad and oil cooler, 3.73 Torsen, Recaro seats, so I've got a pretty good base to start with. My car isn't a daily driver but won't be a race car either so I am looking for a suspension that will be aggressive but not over the top. I am expected a rougher ride I just don't want it to be punishing to drive on the street. I have narrowed my doen to a few options and any input would be appreciated:

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I don't have any personal experience, but it is a well respected name.

My buddy who tracks his 07 quite a bit, and also uses it for a driver in the summer, has the FRPP springs with Bilsteins. I've driven the car many times on track, it works very well, and is easy to drive quickly. Ride on the street is firm but not punishing by any means.


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Ed

I hadn't really thought of them, thanks.

I had also looked at the frpp kit with the sway bars. Does he run k or p springs?

Pretty sure it is the K springs that he has. Yellow Konis would get the job done for struts & shocks too. Last year he changed out the stab. bars for the FRPP set, and it helped to keep the car a bit flatter. But the 11-up cars have larger bars than 05-10, so you probably save your money and just keep the OEM bars.

He also has the tall Steeda ball joints, and an adjustable panhard bar to centre the rear axle after lowering. This year he is changing that out for a Whiteline Watts link setup from Vorshlag Motorsports, but for occasional fun track use, you could spend your money better elsewhere.


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Ed

I already picked up a BMR panhard and my initial plan was to go for k springs and konis but I thought I might see better results with a kit with everything in it. I suppose I can start with springs and struts and work from there. I also need some lower control arms to try to battle the wheel hop and probably some frpp relocation brackets.

Yup, sorry forgot to mention that he has the Griggs rear lower arm relocation brackets. Originally had the Griggs lower arms as well, but they transmitted too much drivetrain noise on the street, so he backed up to GT-500 lower arms. Your car may already have those arms with the suspension / brake package option I think.


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Ed

Yeah I have the GT500 lowers from factory. I may try the springs and brackets first and see how the wheel hop is. The reason I am leaning toward frpp brackets is that they are bolt in and supposed to be really solid.

I picked up a set of Steeda Lower Control Arms ... wheel hop is a thing of the past :tup Have you considered Tokiko D-Spec adjustable shocks - that's what I did. I keep up soft for the street and stiffen them right up for the track. If you can turn a knob you can change the feel of your suspension and they are infinetly adjustable.

With all of the research I've done most have been using Koni which are adjustable as well but I will check Tokico out too.

Pretty cool mods for the Stang there Chad. Hey are going to be tracking the car at all, or just running it on the street? Just curious.

Yeah I want to hit the road course at least a few times this year time permitting. I wouldn't mind trying autocross too but sometimes I think I could get lost in those cones lol.

All it takes in autocross is seat time! You learn a lot about car control at slower speeds and it is great fun.

I would like to try it for sure but I am not sure if they run any open or testing days as I'd rather do that to start then enter any sort of competition.

Check out the affiliated clubs on wcma.ca not sure what might be close but you may have to go to Calgary or Edmonton to participate. Our club tries to have a school each year.

Edmonton is the closest for sure but thanks for the link, I'll check it out.