STARION D2 COILOVERS - GROUP BUY - A$1,220 landed

jk · Post by jk » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:42 am

-2 on the rear won't be doing your take off traction any favours either.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:34 am

or drive out of corners

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:29 pm

-2 is hardly much at all - with the Starion rear suspension it doesn't actually increase the negative camber by a huge amount compared to other IRS designs of the same era, ie the Toyota flappy trailing arm setup of the 80s, which when lowered 50-60mm will give you like -5deg of camber.

Many production vehicles of today have almost -2deg of camber in the rear from the factory - my stock height E39A Galant VR-4 sits at about -1.5deg on the rear. To me I think sports cars kind of look whack without at least a little bit of negative camber both front and rear. Negative camber will actually aid with traction in the corners as the body rolls.

JA83 · Post by **JA83** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:32 pm

redzone wrote:i'm not offended, but your car will actually handle like shit like that, no offense LOL

ok if you're drifting and you have no power though..

nope it handles quite well, but has a bit too much traction for my liking.

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:46 pm

So, what are people's thoughts on the D2's?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:18 pm

dirtygalant wrote:-2 is hardly much at all - with the Starion rear suspension it doesn't actually increase the negative camber by a huge amount compared to other IRS designs of the same era, ie the Toyota flappy trailing arm setup of the 80s, which when lowered 50-60mm will give you like -5deg of camber.

Many production vehicles of today have almost -2deg of camber in the rear from the factory - my stock height E39A Galant VR-4 sits at about -1.5deg on the rear. To me I think sports cars kind of look whack without at least a little bit of negative camber both front and rear. Negative camber will actually aid with traction in the corners as the body rolls.

i'm not referring to toyota's here bud, i'm talking about real world experience with starions!

Sargeant_Khan · Post by **Sargeant_Khan** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:22 pm

Dave, what were you using to increase your negative camber on your starion when you were on the track experiencing in the real world? Im not sure about those adjustable rear plates.
:beer

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:25 pm

i wasnt, when you lower one, they get a lot of rear camber! the lower you go, the more taily they get, unless you can reduce the rear camber.

The group A car i work on, has adjustable lower arms, it has less than 2 degrees camber even though it's on slicks! it makes a big difference to these cars..

Sargeant_Khan · Post by **Sargeant_Khan** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:26 pm

Im glad to hear the group A is in your hand mate!

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:16 pm

how much camber does it run on the front?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:47 pm

bout 3 i think, i dont do the alignments..

found out something interesting regarding starion rear suspension setup today, i'll keep you posted if we get anywhere with it

StarionCalle · Post by **StarionCalle** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:07 am

fugazi wrote:Jupp... stole (f-låt Calle! :roll: ) this pic's from "StarionCalle" who got a set:

NP :D

I´m not that active here..... Just reading :roll:

I´m thinking of starting mounting my K-Sport this weekend... :beer

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:39 am

redzone wrote: found out something interesting regarding starion rear suspension setup today, i'll keep you posted if we get anywhere with it

That sounds interesting? Anything to report yet?

StarionCalle · Post by **StarionCalle** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:03 pm

Pic from the weekends mounting.

Started to look att the coils att the back. i have steelbraided brakelines so i need to modify a bitt.

Bad picture sorry

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:17 pm

StarionCalle, you got a decent pic of the car with the mesh wheels that can be just seen in the shot of your rear suspension?

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