as the title says. I was going to go with a street only suspension but than I went to the strip a couple of times and now Im hooked so what is the best set up on a limited budget for suspension or something I could do in parts.
Best street strip suspension setup what are you all running?
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This is taken from gefracing.com
B LOWERING SPRINGS
Ford Racing springs are an affordable and perfect choice for lowering your Mustang.Spring Rating: 425/530 lb./in. front - 200/300 lb./in. rear Lowers car 1.2 inches front, 1 inch rear Fits all 1979-2003 Mustangs
B LOWERING SPRINGS
Ford Racing springs are an affordable and perfect choice for lowering your Mustang.Spring Rating: 425/530 lb./in. front - 200/300 lb./in. rear Lowers car 1.2 inches front, 1 inch rear Fits all 1979-2003 Mustangs
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They are very similiar in rate and ride quality to stock Cobra springs, just lower. IMHO the perfect spring for a car that sees a lot of street miles yet still wants to kick some a$$ at the track. I drive my car EVERYWHERE with my set up. I love having the lowered, not slammed look and I can still clear speed bumps 
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Quick...
I'm definitely interested in these springs... How is the handling without the sway bar installed? If you have driven your car like that on the street?
I wonder what the spring rates are for my 4cyl springs?... I like the setup I have now, but it seems like this might be a better route since it's a combo of street and strip..
I'm definitely interested in these springs... How is the handling without the sway bar installed? If you have driven your car like that on the street?
I wonder what the spring rates are for my 4cyl springs?... I like the setup I have now, but it seems like this might be a better route since it's a combo of street and strip..
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Too much lower then the B springs and your weight transfer will suffer, hurting your launches.
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I have put a lot of miles on mine without the sway bar. In corners the car will tend to lean over a bit before it turns. This is VERY noticable with stock springs, far less so with the Bs but you do notice it. I actually just put my sway bar back on about 2 weeks ago and I do notice a tighter feel in turns for sure....
I have driven many drag oriented suspensions and they get to be after awhile on the street. About 2 years ago a friend and I happened upon an autocross and decided to try for fun. I had B springs, tokicos, and Cobra Rs with maximum upper and lowers and no sway bar up front. My tires for a bit chewed in the front but the car did suprisingly well. A sway bar would have made all the difference in the world there. My friends car lol he had no sway bar, Eibach drag springs, 90/10s and 50/50s, and stock 98 Cobra wheels. Seeing this vortech Cobra on an Autocross with a drag suspension was one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life...it was so soft he could lift the rear outside tire off the round in hard corners and he completey destroyed his front tires lol whats amazing is that his car would never 60 ft as well as mine did and I had a good all around suspension setup....After that I was forever sold on B springs...
I have driven many drag oriented suspensions and they get to be after awhile on the street. About 2 years ago a friend and I happened upon an autocross and decided to try for fun. I had B springs, tokicos, and Cobra Rs with maximum upper and lowers and no sway bar up front. My tires for a bit chewed in the front but the car did suprisingly well. A sway bar would have made all the difference in the world there. My friends car lol he had no sway bar, Eibach drag springs, 90/10s and 50/50s, and stock 98 Cobra wheels. Seeing this vortech Cobra on an Autocross with a drag suspension was one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life...it was so soft he could lift the rear outside tire off the round in hard corners and he completey destroyed his front tires lol whats amazing is that his car would never 60 ft as well as mine did and I had a good all around suspension setup....After that I was forever sold on B springs...
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Here is another visual from the track. You can see the obvious difference in the launch of the 2 spring setups. Nothing else on the car changed between pics. 301rwhp/284rwtq 4:88 gear 7000 rpm NA launch. I do not have a bump street kit. IMHO the B springs are not low enough to need it
Here are the GT springs....Looks cool right...This was a 1.73 60 ft time which is poor for my car. Thanks to Kelly at www.digitalracecraft.com for the pics
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This is the B spring. Looks boring but went 1.59 60 ft. I have seen SVT CAMRs car launch and it leaves very much like this although he seems to get a little more front end lift.
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Here are the GT springs....Looks cool right...This was a 1.73 60 ft time which is poor for my car. Thanks to Kelly at www.digitalracecraft.com for the pics
This is the B spring. Looks boring but went 1.59 60 ft. I have seen SVT CAMRs car launch and it leaves very much like this although he seems to get a little more front end lift.
I dont give a bleep about looks just times that is cool thanks Im sold thanks for all of the help. So some B springs tokico rear 5 way shocks some tokico drag struts steeda upper and lower control arms black bushings and my steeda subs should be it correct. Thats not that bad at all if Im correct.
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I did not have one on the car in those pics. I have all the B spring runs on video from a different angle but I have never made them into mpegs yet....
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No they won't....They only sell complete sets of springs. At $139 a set a whole set is not really much more than a pair of normal rears....What sucks is that I just threw away my old B rears a month ago. I has switched to coil overs and threw away my original B fronts. I could not find a pair so I bought a new set.....had no use for the rears
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