Help me choose a suspension setup!

[n_123]

I think I'm gonna go ahead and pull the trigger on a full suspension overhaul soon. The car is my daily but will also see some track and autocross use. My primary goals are to get rid of the floatiness at high speed along with some of the body movement upon hard acceleration and braking while not dropping the car too much and maintaining a "dailyable" ride. I had two main options charted out and want to get thoughts and opinions on if I'm overlooking something.

I'm keeping my stock wheels for now so each option would be accompanied by a 25mm front and 20mm rear slip on spacer with ARP extended studs. More info on this setup here. I plan on eventually moving to a square 295 or 305 setup.

Onto my options.

Option 1: Essentially the full Steeda catalogue. I already have the stop the hop kit and have been happy with it so this seemed like a logical next step. This would include the competition sway bar kit, front and rear endlinks, front camber plates, dual rate springs, Pro Action adjustable shocks/struts, and the billet front sway bar mounts. I understand that the dual rate stiffer spring but am inclined to go this route over the progressive due to the better handling characteristics. From what I understand, the adjustable shocks also help a lot with this.

Option 2: I hadn't really thought about this until I came across them earlier last week but for not much more money I could get into a bilstein b16 kit. I'm not as familiar with this route so I'd love to hear from those that have any first hand experience. I'm also not sure what sway bars to pair with it.

Looking forward to everyone's thoughts.

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[RLE55]

Setting up a mustang for track use and then DD use, will be difficult without changing things out each time. Track setup will be rough and unforgiving as a DD and of course DD setup will be waaay to soft and mushy for track. I suppose if you go cheap on the setup, it might work, somewhat, but won't be real effective in either mode. Good luck.

 

[tj@steeda]

I think I'm gonna go ahead and pull the trigger on a full suspension overhaul soon. The car is my daily but will also see some track and autocross use. My primary goals are to get rid of the floatiness at high speed along with some of the body movement upon hard acceleration and braking while not dropping the car too much and maintaining a "dailyable" ride. I had two main options charted out and want to get thoughts and opinions on if I'm overlooking something.

I'm keeping my stock wheels for now so each option would be accompanied by a 25mm front and 20mm rear slip on spacer with ARP extended studs. More info on this setup here. I plan on eventually moving to a square 295 or 305 setup.

Onto my options.

Option 1: Essentially the full Steeda catalogue. I already have the stop the hop kit and have been happy with it so this seemed like a logical next step. This would include the competition sway bar kit, front and rear endlinks, front camber plates, dual rate springs, Pro Action adjustable shocks/struts, and the billet front sway bar mounts. I understand that the dual rate stiffer spring but am inclined to go this route over the progressive due to the better handling characteristics. From what I understand, the adjustable shocks also help a lot with this.

Option 2: I hadn't really thought about this until I came across them earlier last week but for not much more money I could get into a bilstein b16 kit. I'm not as familiar with this route so I'd love to hear from those that have any first hand experience. I'm also not sure what sway bars to pair with it.

Looking forward to everyone's thoughts.

Happy to put you in contact with our lead suspension support team for a consultation - your assessment is correct on the above, the Dual Rates are great spring for more track/spirted driving over the Progressives - with the adjustable you can dial it in. But depending on your long term goals - Rodney may prefer the coilovers ... shoot me an email to [email protected] & I will get you taken care of!

TJ

 

[Jonyxz]

For a mixed daily/track use I recommend keeping spring rate around 200lbs front, 800lbs rear.
Upgraded dampers will take care of the floatiness and improve control in general.
Sway bars will help give you confidence in track.
More negative camber(camber plates)will improve turn in.
Tires are the most important component and are also part of your suspension setup.

 

[n_123]

For a mixed daily/track use I recommend keeping spring rate around 200lbs front, 800lbs rear.
Upgraded dampers will take care of the floatiness and improve control in general.
Sway bars will help give you confidence in track.
More negative camber(camber plates)will improve turn in.
Tires are the most important component and are also part of your suspension setup.

Absolutely agree on the tires. I switched out the stock ones for a set of PS4 all seasons and even that made a huge difference. I believe the dual rates are 200/800 in the softer range, correct?

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