[trax]

I hate threads like these, but I feel compelled to ask. The car has a lot left to go as far as parts. It still has stock wheels, tires, brakes, rear axle and front suspension. I'm still in school and have about $3K-$4K to spend on the car per summer after I take care of other expenses.

What it has so far:
Suspension
STB, DSL, Spohn Rod/poly LCA's and PHR (Front/Rear LG swaybars and SFC's sitting in the garage)
Engine
Heads, cam, boltons... will probably bump up to a new cam and bigger injectors, but the motor in general is pretty much done
Drivetrain
T56 swap, Street Twin, stock steel d/s and 4.10's

Here's what I want to do as far as parts. I think I'm going to buy things by the group (e.g. all the suspension stuff, then all the safety stuff, etc. as money becomes available). Groups are listed by priority.


Drivetrain
LS1 Driveshaft

Suspension
Coilovers
Torque Arm
A-arms (depends on what the LG K-member needs)

Chassis
K-member

ZR1 Wheels / Tires
C5 Brakes

Safety
6 or 8 point bar
Recaro Speed / SRD seats
Sabelt or Sparco 6 points

Misc
Canton RR pan (after talking with Jordan Musser and others about this I think I'll take my chances)
VFN bolt-on stock hood (18 lbs)

Any comments?

[sgarnett]

1) What do you intend to use the car for, or how many different uses do you need to try to compromise for? Drag, daily driving, autocross, open tracking, etc all require different setups (some more different than others). I'm not sure everything on your list is working toward the same goal, whatever that is.

2) What SPECIFIC problems are you trying to correct. By that I mean things like wheelspin in a right hand turn, axle skipping over bumps, snap oversteer, etc. The obvious answer is that you want EVERYTHING to be better. It ain't gonna happen. Installing all the cool parts will not do it.

This is not in any way intended as a flame, BTW - just trying to divert you away from the "throw money" approach. For instance, a lot of what you're looking at sounds like you're building a car for open tracking. However, the 4.10 gears may not be the way to go for that - it sounds more like you want a drag car. However, if that's the case you should probably be looking at a 12 bolt or 9" rear, which you probably don't want for autocrossing, etc.

To answer your question, though, I don't see "good" shocks on your list, or race wheels and tires, or a tire trailer and hitch, upgraded radiator, etc.