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Old 12-10-08, 12:01 AM
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at the moment I hipermax coilovers but yet it does not fulfill my suspension needs..but I also want the steering wheel to be quite tighter as well what would be the next reasonable upgrade? THANKS
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also ordered dazien sway bars..BUT I want my car to perform(handling wise) like a go kart
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Buy a rx7. Go kart feeling is IMO truly for lightweight cars. Im not saying it isnt possible with the sc. I have a fd and it is knowhere near as darty as my other baby! Look into tie bars, solid bushigs, etc..
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steering rack bushing
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at least do all polyurethane bushing, rack bushings, possibly sway bars as well

oh btw last but not least...a lot of weight reduction
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remove ur rear seats and front also, light wheels and ac deleteion
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I think i will keep the a/c because 15lbs vs cooling in texas/oklahoma?
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Originally Posted by 5sp_jzz30
at least do all polyurethane bushing, rack bushings, possibly sway bars as well

oh btw last but not least...a lot of weight reduction
do as mentioned by 5sp_jzz30

this is what most people use instead of rubber (could be the same as polyurethane)

http://www.nolathane.com.au/

and have a good chat to a suspension place about circuit racing suspension modifications, alignments, toe and camber etc.
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Originally Posted by re-rx7
Buy a rx7. Go kart feeling is IMO truly for lightweight cars. Im not saying it isnt possible with the sc. I have a fd and it is knowhere near as darty as my other baby! Look into tie bars, solid bushigs, etc..
or a MR-S, that would be pretty bad *** too.
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solid bushings and a whole lot of weight reduction would be your next best bet
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I have stock shocks on my sc and i put polyurethane bushings all the way around and it is stiff as hell.
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Originally Posted by wheels 2
I have stock shocks on my sc and i put polyurethane bushings all the way around and it is stiff as hell.
but does it handle the way you want it to?
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Yes very much so.I have one blow shock now but if i had some type of coilover or lowering springs with good shocks it would handle like a motherfu#ker.
I bought prothane bushings for my car.But they were a pain in the as# to do.Sense the bushings were 1 or 2 millimeters bigger than the hole you had to put them in.you have to press them it with a vice or a hydraulic press.But it is well worth it in the end.
Before it had so much body roll and now when you turn a corner it doesn't have much body roll.If i had better shocks i would really have no body roll.

Prothane bushings = Tight suspension
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adding a lightweight flywheel will also make you feel like you have a lighter car. It'll rev so much faster in the low rpm's along with some weight reduction will tighten up ur suspension
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Originally Posted by jadu
adding a lightweight flywheel will also make you feel like you have a lighter car. It'll rev so much faster in the low rpm's along with some weight reduction will tighten up ur suspension
I highly believe that the flywheel will have no use for me due to the fact that when under hard driving im the type of driver that rev mathes quite often thanks though.. high rpms= love


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