Originally Posted by etikoner
^that.
The best reason for coilovers is corner balancing. It's worth it. I used Woolery's scales to balance mine while sitting in it. It was cool to see how the balance changed just with me leaning side to side, front to back. It added that extra exclamation point to the suspension.
me no has "racecar" guys, me has "street" car.
My last miata had Tanabe Sustec Pro Race Coilovers, you could feel every crack, paint line, and transition in the road.
They kicked ass on the track.
But on the street it sucked, it felt like the car was gonna shake itself apart from all the bumps.
Here is a picture of them after I took them off the car, take a look, there is like NO room for spring travel on the street, I hit the bump stops every drive I took it on. This was an 11.5 F and 12 R hub to fender if IIRC? I have no idea what the spring rates are, its been so long ago now, I might be able to look them up in my old Tanabe catalog. I bought those brand new back in 1999 for like $1950 plus shipping from Japan.But this was WAY before anyone in the USA even had coilovers for the Miata, which is why I went to the Japanese market, lots more selection, and lots of guys running these in Japan back then.
You do realize the absurdity of this statement, yes?
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