Silk Road Coilovers....

Janz99

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I have a chance to buy a set of silk road coil overs. I would primarly be using the car for drag racing, and a few boots around on the streets on the weekends. I know they are good coil overs, but im wondering how they are going to perform at the track? We are hopeing for a low 9 second pass on the car when its all said and done.

What is everyone else using for suspension at the track? How do you like them?

Thanks
Ryan
 

Wiisass

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It seems like a lot of people run stock springs and shocks for drag racing, whether this is just because it's a cheap option or because there isn't anything better, I don't really know.

A good setup could be put together for drag racing, but I don't know of anything off the shelf for this car. It really depends on how much you want to put into it.
 

TokyoHead

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IMO hks or jic are the best... Im not to sure on drag racing but I would assume you want somthing stiff to hold you down on the track. jic to me is one of the best performing coilovers you can buy. Expensive but good.
 

JtWo

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you dont need coilovers for drag. as people stated you need squat for the tires to catch traction. a really common spring used for drag are Tein S-Techs. they're soft and will give a good ride.
 
Well depends if your car has a lot of torque and if it's geared low.

I didn't even think silk road made ones for supras...i thought it was only Silvia's, AE-86's, and some other applictions. I know they have some for supra 93-97, says on their home site. Do you have a MKIII OR MKIV?

If you're going to drift or scca, the silk road's would be suited more for that. Prolly not drag racing.

http://www.silkroad-usa.com/
 

cjsupra90

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808mkiiisupra;1143353 said:
well the old school way is to let the car squat...so yea coilovers dont really have much of a "squat" effect as far as i know. so the best probably would have to be stock stuff

JtWo;1143606 said:
you dont need coilovers for drag. as people stated you need squat for the tires to catch traction. a really common spring used for drag are Tein S-Techs. they're soft and will give a good ride.

I know that this is somewhat of an old thread, but the comments about squat is wrong. Sqaut is actually bad for traction. For one, on independent suspensions such as on our MKIII's if you get squat, you are thus compressing the suspension, well what happens when the suspension compresses?, you gain negitive camber thus decreasing the tire contact patch and therefore having less traction availible... The other problem is with squat that applies to any car (live axle or independent) is that if the car squats, you are slowing down the the weight transfer thus making it take longer for the tires to see the added vertical load that they need to generate more traction..... Pro RWD drag cars actually have a design aspect called Anti-Squat... When set up right, it will actually lift the entire car on the launch. If you were to watch a prostock or alike car in slow motion during the launch, you will actually see the entire car lift including the rear. This design aspect is actually applied to our cars and most fairly high powered independent rear suspension cars. Its the traction bar or strut rod or trailing link or whatever you want to call it. This is supposed to help aid in traction by taking away some of the squat. The reason why these bars bend on high power cars is cause there is a lot more torque thus they are trying to create a lot more lifting force.... The greater the incline from back to front, the more more anti-squat or lifting force they provide but to much incline angle and other problems start to accure but thats a whole nother story in itself...
 

Isphius

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my firebird will lift the whole car too if you powerbreak it or get good traction and launch it. thats the beauty of solid rear axles and torque arms. Im sure the mk3 suspension could be modified to replicate this feature, by either lowering or raising one of the lower or trailing arm mounts. you want the car to drive the wheels downwards into the ground, not squat. Watch a video of a grand national launch...the design in that car i believe can transfer 80% or something like that to the rear wheels on launch


Edit: Here is a good example. See how the whole car sort of bounces onto the rear wheels? thats what we need!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8WJHIXJQ5s

And this is what our cars do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG88kiPvmwo
 

Janz99

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I do have an mk3, and they do make the silk roads for our cars because i have them sitting in my garage :). I ended up buying them, and im going to see how they work at the track. I know they are more geared towards auto-x and drifting, but i want the added height adjustability.

If nothing else, ill use them for the street, and ill buy a set of stock suspension for the track if they end up hindering the performance of the car.

Ryan