Suspension change for new supercharger?

[TheYankeeMarshal]

I’m adding a whipple supercharger to my S650 and I have concerns about my suspension. I just have the standard GT suspension and I am concerned about it handling the extra weight and power. Can the stock suspension handle it? Do I definitely need to upgrade or is it just worth doing but not needed?

if I upgrade what would people suggest? Keep in mind I don’t want to spend a ton of money since the whipple bruised my wallet enough. Hopefully I can make some progress for $2k or less.

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[D/\rK•650]

Will you be tracking the car? Would you say you like driving fast through twisty roads? If not and your mostly a straight line drag type driver you should be just fine. For 2k or less my guess is you cant do much unless you do it yourself. This is all subjective mind you but I'd say this would be a good bet. Others much smarter than me will have some good advice. Goodluck and Cheers

 

[TheYankeeMarshal]

Will you be tracking the car? Would you say you like driving fast through twisty roads? If not and your mostly a straight line drag type driver you should be just fine. For 2k or less my guess is you cant do much unless you do it yourself. This is all subjective mind you but I'd say this would be a good bet. Others much smarter than me will have some good advice. Goodluck and Cheers

No track, but plenty of winding mountain roads. We can easily install any suspension parts we upgrade. My son is in school for his ASE certification and I was raised poor.

 

[D/\rK•650]

No track, but plenty of winding mountain roads.

Then I would definitely look to invest in suspension upgrades ect. Also if you have a manual tranny and now with the Whipple the "stop the hop kit" or suspension lockout kit would be good idea. Even with an auto trans with forced induction the lockout kits are great choice. Im sure other members will chime in with some other good ideas for you. Im jealous wish I could get forced induction for mine. Just not in the cards now and I want to get the ESS kit but I'm in California and Goodluck finding a way to even get one here. Sucks ass sometimes living here.

 

[A.alansari]

I think the only mandatory upgrade is the half shaft i have seen a few videos with people having them break

 

[Q6543]

I wouldn’t worry about the weight, I did rear cradle bushings and the locating dowels to tie in the rear IRS to the body, I also did a GT350 driver side half shaft, that’s the major weakness link.

and fwiw, get the cats off before there’s a problem. No cats and no warranty is a lot safer than boosted with stock/hi flow cats

 

[robvas]

The weight? Would you worry about the suspension if you had a passenger in your car?

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