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|  Pros and cons of Coil over conversions (3rd gen) | 
|  Dec 11 2007, 03:47 PM 
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| Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 37 Joined: 13-May 05 From: Louisville, Ky Member No.: 743  | 
				I am beginning the re-assembly process for my 91 Z28 street/track car. I am swapping in a LS1 t-56 so I have already bought Spohn's tubular K-member. During disassembly, I had to "Massage" the stock camber plates, so I was going to get some new aftermarket ones for the additional camber adjustment. So that leads to the question. with new top strut mounts costing ~$250 and Spohn's coil over kit at $545, is there a benefit to spending the additional money?
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|  Dec 11 2007, 05:21 PM 
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| Veteran Member      Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,908 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Pearland, Texas Member No.: 385  | 
				I would agree with Chad.  Unless you are running in a class that limits tire size so you can't do anything there anyway, I'd stay with weight jackers and coil springs in the factory location.  There's plenty of lengths and rates available in the 5" range.  Additionally, you get the spring weight low in the car.  We only have about 1/4" of space between the strut and the 10" wheels on our Firebird.
				
				
				
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 TrakCar   Pros and cons of Coil over conversions (3rd gen)   Dec 11 2007, 03:47 PM
 TrakCar   Pros and cons of Coil over conversions (3rd gen)   Dec 11 2007, 03:47 PM 
  Mojave   Coil overs on a 3rd gen cut into tire space.  Sinc...   Dec 11 2007, 03:48 PM
 Mojave   Coil overs on a 3rd gen cut into tire space.  Sinc...   Dec 11 2007, 03:48 PM
 
  TrakCar   QUOTE (Mojave @ Dec 11 2007, 10:48 AM) Co...   Dec 11 2007, 07:44 PM
 TrakCar   QUOTE (Mojave @ Dec 11 2007, 10:48 AM) Co...   Dec 11 2007, 07:44 PM 
  trackbird   You can order any spring rate you'd like. I ha...   Dec 11 2007, 07:57 PM
 trackbird   You can order any spring rate you'd like. I ha...   Dec 11 2007, 07:57 PM 
  StanIROCZ   http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?sho...284...   Dec 11 2007, 08:51 PM
 StanIROCZ   http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?sho...284...   Dec 11 2007, 08:51 PM 
  TrakCar   Thanks for all the responses guys. Sorry to sound ...   Dec 13 2007, 02:10 PM
 TrakCar   Thanks for all the responses guys. Sorry to sound ...   Dec 13 2007, 02:10 PM|   | 
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