springs lbs and brake discs

  1. Newbie Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 3
    #1
    i try found some infos about coilovers springs, and cant found.
    maybe somewone knows how many lbs springs best for everyday driving? aggresive driving.
    and what you think about mtec brakes, drilled and grooved?
  2. Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)
    #2
    you dont need drilled and grooved discs. They just cost more and look nicer than plain ones.

    You are probably running a standard torsion bar so I'd run about 180lb to keep the handling balance as near to standard for a pure road car. Maybe at a push i'd run up to 220lb but it would need the right dampers. What dampers are you using? This is rather critical.
  3. Newbie Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 3
    #3
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KamRacing View Post
    You are probably running a standard torsion bar so I'd run about 180lb to keep the handling balance as near to standard for a pure road car.
    180lb not to less? it's not stay on the road like jelly?
  4. Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Scotland Posts: 1764 Because racecar
    #4
    Coilover setups are very much a personal preference. You can have different spring/shock/height setups for different styles of driving and different situations.

    What works for someone else might not work for you. You need to do some research and understand the basics of suspension and make your decisions based around how you want it to feel.
  5. Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2014 Valley boy me.... Posts: 205 saxo vtr 1.4, xsara was my last car
    #5
    koni STR.T's are a brilliant bit of kit, decent price, mine came with bilistein springs (or however you spell it lol), not sure about the spring rate, they were matched by all accounts for them shocks, best of both worlds imo, but they are on my xsara not on me saxo,
  6. Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by aggres18 View Post
    180lb not to less? it's not stay on the road like jelly?
    well your current car is between 90-110lb so its potentially twice as stiff as standard. You can put really stiff front springs and dampers on, but then you will wonder why it understeers more in anything but bone dry conditions and why you are slower everywhere other than a billiard smooth road. You need to find a balance between a stiff setup to improve handling yet be soft enough to give good traction.
  7. Newbie Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 3
    #7
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KamRacing View Post
    well your current car is between 90-110lb so its potentially twice as stiff as standard. You can put really stiff front springs and dampers on, but then you will wonder why it understeers more in anything but bone dry conditions and why you are slower everywhere other than a billiard smooth road. You need to find a balance between a stiff setup to improve handling yet be soft enough to give good traction.
    thanks. i think i try put first 200lb and check how it's on the road.
    i have inside my coils, bilstein shocks, how i know, it's one of the best shocks.
    but whick shocks better fit in rear? same bilstein or something other? axel beam is lower than original.
  8. Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)
    #8
    Bilstein for definite. Pop the front inserts out, find out what part number is fitted then buy the matching rears from me. I have them in stock.

    http://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tunin...absorbers.html