Which Suspension - Gaz JSCC or Bilstein B8?

1. S33DYJ L-plater Joined: Jun 2007 Morpeth/Newcastle Posts: 31 2010 VW Golf GT TSI 160

   #1 12th May 2014, 17:37

   Hi All,
   
   As above really, has anyone had any experience or can anyone offer reviews of the Junior Saloon Car Championship suspension kit made by Gaz? Or of the Bilstein B8s (The kit which KAM offer for example).
   
   I'm stuck on which to go for and would like to be able to compare the two.
   
   Thanks in advance,
   
   John
2. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

   #2 13th May 2014, 11:32

   Full race suspension will be shit on the road. It will be too firm and your car will probably spend more time airborne than making progress down the lanes. The suspension will be designed for smooth tarmac, not to cope with the random conditions of British Roads. Even the Gaz Gold is best suited for a trackday car, not a road car.
   
   Bilstein B8 is one of the best road suspension but will not be as effective if the car is a trackday vehicle.
3. S33DYJ L-plater Joined: Jun 2007 Morpeth/Newcastle Posts: 31 2010 VW Golf GT TSI 160

   #3 13th May 2014, 22:45

   Cheers for the reply, its for a budget track car build, will mainly be used for driving to and from tracks and on tracks, so I might be better to go for something a bit firmer than B8s in that case