Hhhmmmm Coilovers

JJH · Post by **JJH** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:12 am

The latest update for Targa:

Done by Toperformance in Vermont; cost $1860.

Hopefully get them in the car tomorrow and then some testing next weekend.

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:07 pm

Looking schmicko Jeff! Interesting to know how she'll handle now.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:19 pm

so how much adjustment do the shocks have? or are they koni's? did u get them to shorten the strut body for more suspension travel?

WANTSOM · Post by **WANTSOM** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:29 am

Good stuff Jeff, :beer

They look very similiar to the set Noltec made for me. What are the spring rates?

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:14 am

looks good. What spring ratings?

JJH · Post by **JJH** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:50 am

Inserts are my original adjustable Konis, not the whizz-bang externally adjustable though :glare:
Strut body is still standard length.

After much debate/measurement/assessment of usage/umming & arghing, current spring rates are Targa friendly progressive, with 200lbs front & 250lbs rear.
We've gone this way so that the car isn't too jittery on the roads in Tassie, plus starting conservative leaves us plenty of scope.
I'll probably look at getting some circuit specific springs once Targa is out of the way.

Curious to hear from anybody else running coilovers & standard JB rims, as the spring/adjuster to tyre clearance at the front is quite small,
so I'm getting some spacers (3mm and 5mm) to minimise any potential rubbing as I drop the ride height.

:beer

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:14 am

yeah I found that when I made my coilovers to use 210mm long springs that the spring perch and locking nut rub on the tyres on the standard 5.5" wide steelies on my Eterna, am running 6mm spacers up front with the 7.5+ +19mm rims until I sort out shorter length (and different spring rate) springs.

MitsuMadness · Post by **MitsuMadness** » Wed May 13, 2009 3:22 pm

I'm quite happy to see this done in Melbourne JJH!! I might give them a call some time later in the year see if I can get them to do the same for me. Need to totally re-do my suspension for track... need low and firm for my use.
What are the contact details of the guys at Toperformance in Vermont if you got em handy? Oh and what parts did you have to supply, and what did they do for you? I have spare standard struts and those parts from enthuzed, so should be fine to supply those.

:D

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:53 am

MM, you should talk to me more often....details for Top Performance Koni
8 Trade Place
Vermont VIC 3133
(03) 9873 1722
www.toperformance.com.au

JJH · Post by **JJH** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:05 am

MM,
when you contact Toperformance, ask for Marco, he's the guy I worked with on mine.
Best if you can take in your stock struts as I'm 99% certain they will not have any. They can also do the custom job on the rear struts to allow easy replacement of the insert.
And, it may help if you call Marco first AND before you take your suspension out of the car you want to mod; getting ride height & clearance measurements will help when Marco does his calculations.

:beer

MitsuMadness · Post by **MitsuMadness** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:37 pm

Awesome, thanks guys, will be contacting them shortly :D

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