Suspension ??

[bountykilla0118]

My shocks old shocks were blown and I rode it like that for a while on the H&R's its possible that I ruined the springs during that time .... I replaced them with Bilsteins and my ride feels great for a normal car. Feels like a BMW where the ride quality is great but I don’t think they are stiff enough so thats really nice for other people who ride it my car but I need it to perform like Lambo lol. So I feel like there is something wrong. The H&R’s are progressive but I don’t think they should be this easy to compress the shock and the spring while on the car. How possible is it that I ruined the spring since the Bilsteins are brand new?

When I go over a speed bump fast they seem to be stiff enough but when I enter a corner they dont seem stiff enough. I feel as if I can move the car to easy when I push down on the chassis. I dont know if the linear springs setup (skunk 2) on my Integra are comparable, but the Teg is way stiffer. I feel like I wasted my money or something isnt right. I dont have another MKIII with the same setup or something close to compare with. I might just return them and get the megan coilovers. The mr2 at the shop has a set of megan coilovers and on its softest setting its WAY stiffer than my setup and damn near rides as good.

I replaced the hats, front bump stops, all 4 shocks, and did an alignment... thoughts?

 

[wornoutsupra]

I have a set of megan tracks and honestly I love them I have them adjusted all the way to hard and they feel really soild best investment I have made yet imo.

 

[Poodles]

The geometry of our suspension has a progressive rate built in, progressive springs aren't needed. Doubt it's the bilstens.

 

[Moy]

Progressive springs aren't needed, but it's what the majority of lowering springs on the market are. That being said, RS*R Race springs are linear, however are hard to find

 

[Cz.]

What are the spring rates on the H&Rs? Obviously an 8k spring isn't going to be as stiff as the 18k or whatever come on the megans. Are you sure the H&Rs just aren't that stiff?

 

[Poodles]

I have a feeling your also running stock swaybars. If you want a ride that doesn't punish your kindneys but still want handling, get better swaybars and leave the springs alone...

 

[bountykilla0118]

Sway bars are a must and so are the rest of upgradable parts because I am turning my hard top into a street and track car ..... and the targa into a cruiser with power. The current setup feels pretty good for the street, but I need something stiffer. My hard top will be pushing some good power so maybe its perfect for drag but I want to do course racing. I think I might have ruined my springs riding with blown shocks for so long.

 

[hvyman]

H&R's are pretty stiff but if your taking corners hard you will still get some body roll.

 

[supraguy@aol]

If you're doing course racing, you want coilovers anyway, i think.

 

[Poodles]

Sway bars are a must and so are the rest of upgradable parts because I am turning my hard top into a street and track car ..... and the targa into a cruiser with power. The current setup feels pretty good for the street, but I need something stiffer. My hard top will be pushing some good power so maybe its perfect for drag but I want to do course racing. I think I might have ruined my springs riding with blown shocks for so long.

Unless you bottomed out the spring; which shouldn't happen if you have the bump stops in place, and even then I think you'd bottom out the dampener internally first.

 

[bountykilla0118]

Pinky poodle .... my bump stops were destroyed.

 

[Nick M]

Sway bars are a must and so are the rest of upgradable parts because I am turning my hard top into a street and track car ..... and the targa into a cruiser with power.

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A worn dampener won't wear out a spring. But gravity does soften them up. Which is why you get alignments.