getting grip with your rear suspension

[ae71neo]

What shocks in the rear Simon?

[Simon-KE70]

TRD blue long strokes.

may look into changing these rear shocks tho... im not all that happy with them

[ae71neo]

Ah ok. Yeah im looking for shock upgrade in mine too.

[Simon-KE70]

was 12 and 6 lol, only cause the 12 springs were free and i was on a real tight budget, but with the cusco SW20 MR20 shock it ran real well and drove great. still, not the best hahaha

i want to upgrade the TRD blue long strokes..what should i go?

[driftke70]

will be good to hear about these bilsteins, as im planning my suspension pieces together at the mo and am tossing up between a few combos, got my heart set on hts though.

[Simon-KE70]

are these off the shelf bilstines dave?

maybe chuck me a set to trial i'm doing a private day at lala soon and will be taking a variety of susp parts with me to swap and change on the day to see what works and what REALLY works.

[ae71neo]

Looking forward to the results!

[driftke70]

nothing beats seat of the pants testing,

Can anyone see any improvements that i could make in my setup?

Front 24mm bar,
sigma lca
40mm rca
xt130 strut, cut spaced hts'd
8kg ( i had 8s and they were a little stiff, but i think the smidge more weight of the 3s and w55 will make it a good choice)
pillowball tops
rose jointed castor arm with braced mounts,

rear equal length 4 links,
nose a SMIDGE below horizontal,
5.5kg (f series)
hts dampies
18mm adjustable swaybar (whiteline)
adjustable pan
custom rca, about 15mm.

car is braced with 10 point and various other braces,

tyres are 195 60 14 semis up front
185/195 60 14 on rear depending on rims fitted at the time, in something with a bit of tack not adrenalins unless i feel i need them later,

i will be running my sway bar on the medium side of things, shocks will be firm in front, moderate in the rear, (moderate being probably stiffer than what agx go to)

my driving style uses alot of weight transition and not so much hand brake or clutch kicking.

i know i will probably end up changing stuff other than the shocks but, i was thinking maybe a slightly smaller front sway bar

[Dave]

the new design monotube blisteins sound gd with the new valving and heat protection technology etc. Was going to sell my trds and try these but then found out that the new designs had softer compression than kybs, which most people didnt like the feel off. I could be wrong though.

Pending feedback from David @ ajps

[s14seriesII]

ive found mine can still go harder in the front

im running 24mm sway bar with even shorter adjustment holes and stiffer than 8kg springs but when i lift the front r/c up it may be stiff enough

obviously the rear in mine still needs to be sorted but it was kinda thrown together with what i had at the time have jic coil overs to go in the rear hoping to get bilstein to make inserts for them