Suspension Setups

Suspension, including wheel, tire and brake.
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datsuntech
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Re: Suspension Setups

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KA24DE powered with S13 5-speed trans.

Use? Street/Very spirited driving
Struts? 280zx
Pound Rate Front? 155 Eibach
Pound Rate Rear? Dodge D50 cut to approximate the same spring rate as front with shims to raise ride height.
Coilovers? Ground Control
Sway bar diameters? F- DGR 1" R- unknown brand 1/2" ??
Camber/Caster Plate? Moog 1970s style
Satisfied with this setup? Yes. ride is very compliant. Full speed on speed bumps!
General Impressions? Handling very neutral, corners relatively flat, grips well.
Approximate change in ride height? Slightly lower than stock maybe 1.5"
Rear Wheel Drive, The way God Intended.
If a car is being pulled from the front, doesn't that mean it's being towed?
Benzo
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Didn't see much on here about the Technotoytuning Wagon leaf spring kit so wanted to share my install and experience with them. They are a good kit. Pretty satisfied with them. Noticeably stiffer than stock. I am using the additional 1" lowering blocks and it has the back sitting at the same height as stock springs using 2" blocks. So far seems no more axle wrapping or not as much and cornering is better. It is stable at high speeds or freeway driving. Cruising is very smooth. Have hit some hard bumps and hasn't hit the differential housing on the tunnel. Going to log more miles but so far so good!
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Benzo. Thank you for moving this review to this post.
Nice looking car, and glad you found an improvement. I recall my lowered wagon pounding out the pinion snubber. I went through a few of those snubbers in my time!

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Benzo
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Thanks Byron!
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On Friday I lowered the back of my wagon another inch by swapping the T3 1" blocks to their 2" blocks and like the results. The car looks more aggressive and so far drives good or no issues to report. I think for me this is as far as I want to lower it as the streets and hills here are rough. I am waiting to get some shorter body shocks to try. Here are some pics to show where it is at or reference. For all I am running the T3 leaf spring kit with their blocks,Addco sway bar and Tokico HP shocks, SSR (14x7.5 +6 195-60-14 tires) or Watanabe wheels (14x7.5-3.5 185-60-14 tires) in the rear and 280zx front strut housings/Brakes with Ground Control Coil overs and Tokico HP shocks with Bump Steer spacers. Wanted to share on this channel as sure there are a few existing wagon owners and new ones who may want to get an idea of how things look or work. Will be posting some info on shock choice soon.
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