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new shocks could raise the car an inch, assuming yours are shot
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when I put konis on the rear, my car went up a full inch so it's possible.I think it went from 25.5 to 26.5. adjusting the eccentric brought me down 1/4-1/2", but I have since had my car lowered and I now sit at around 24.5-25. the car handles do much better at the lower height. flash, I think you and I had a conversation about how high my car went. I also have coils on the rear.
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maybe it needs to be aligned and corner balanced. my car rarely swapped ends and when it did, it was my fault. tires, including pressure and temp, matter too.
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Unless your car has M030 struts up front, or a similar coil-over setup, you won't be able to corner balance the car, as the stock non-M030 front struts are not height adjustable. After switching to M030's in the front, I can report that a good corner balance and alignment (including leveling the car out) can make a huge improvement in handling (I had four alignments before I found a shop that did the job correctly). Tires are also critical - if you're still running on the tires the car was sitting on for the past five years, get new ones asap. Ride and handling will improve dramatically. Good luck!
PS - The D1R upper and lower braces will not affect the alignment if they're installed afterwards.
-Austin
'94 Black/Tan Coupe
6sp. LSD, 18" Carrera Lightweights, M030 struts and sways, Racer-X chip, airbox mod
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[quote name='flash' timestamp='1377822834' post='148352']as a note: 24 inches is too low, unless you have repositioned the rack and tie rods. at 24" your roll center is below ground, and that is going to cost you in the corners. (i really need to find those drawings of the suspension geometry that got misplaced in the move here). it may "feel" like it's cornering better, and initial turn in will be better, but in reality it will lose grip at the limits, as it puts the car through too much camber change. 630mm is the absolute minimum. been there done that. messy results. i raised it up a bit and it corners much better at the limits.[/quote]
I have coils in the rear and had m030 bars, the car handled incredibly well, virtually no body roll. I didn't think 24 was too low. The only limiting factor for these cars is hp, but if you are a good driver and can maintain speed/momentum through the corners, you can keep up with virtually anything out there. These cars are so well balanced.
Inked: you asked what corner balance was. Basically, you put each tire on a scale and depending on the car, you adjust the suspension so that each corner of the car has the specified weight. For our cars, all corners are nearly the same weight and that is what you want to make sure of. I'm no expert, but if one of your corners is significantly different from the other, the balance of the car gets thrown off and it may not handle like it should.
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