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Old 07-28-11, 11:19 AM
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Default "Big Power"...what suspension?

These cars are boats and ride like Caddys in stock form...Just putting this out there to get an idea on what kind of suspension mods and upgrades you big power guys have done to your SC300/400.

list your suspension mods and Pros & Cons...

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hks hypermax... did a few supras back in the day. dont have big power in my sc so i have cheap suspension lol... but hypermax from the supra should bolt right on. and ill tell u to me it drives awesome. actually saw a sc with 6xx something to the wheels and he had that suspension and said it drove awesome.

edit:hipermax is how its spelled
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Ask Jerome, his SC is putting down 8xx+.
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Yea heard alot of good things on the HKS setups on supra forums....anyone on here running a custom built coilover setup?

keep the info coming guys....
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I'm on Toms coilovers nitrogen filled with cusco sways front and rear.
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I think Jessica runs Kyb/eibachs and the car goes into the 8's.
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Jessica is my hero.
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Zeal Function XS coilovers, Daizen sways and TRD front strut tower bar here........
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Originally Posted by SRTGS300
Jessica is my hero.
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i'm not big juice, but i'm running Cusco Zero2e coilovers (supra tt spec). it's stiff enough but still has a good balance. Its all in how u tune them.

Jerome is running Tein Comfort Sports.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Klean
i'm not big juice, but i'm running Cusco Zero2e coilovers (supra tt spec). it's stiff enough but still has a good balance. Its all in how u tune them.

Jerome is running Tein Comfort Sports.
Those are some nice high end coilovers you have.....are they 16 or 32 way adjustable?

BTW: Any pics of your car? Im reading your sig,sounds like a sick setup.
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Tein SS coilovers here . When the car was at 500-550 it seemed to hook with no problems. But I haven't been in an SC that doesn't scare me after the 160's . These cars seem to float no matter what suspension they run.. GL
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Originally Posted by S14eva1
Those are some nice high end coilovers you have.....are they 16 or 32 way adjustable?

BTW: Any pics of your car? Im reading your sig,sounds like a sick setup.

Cusco coilovers are 5 way adjustable. The higher the number of adjustability doesn't make the coilover any better.
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5 position, 6, 16 32 - these are just damping setting adjustments. True two way allows adjustment of both the damping and compression. There are also true three and four way coils out there $$$, where low speed compression and damping are a different setting than high speed.
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Originally Posted by //LRD
Tein SS coilovers here . When the car was at 500-550 it seemed to hook with no problems. But I haven't been in an SC that doesn't scare me after the 160's . These cars seem to float no matter what suspension they run.. GL
What? I DISTINCTLY remember your car going sideways consistently in 2nd gear when it was up over 500whp

I think our biggest problem is camber and too stiff of a coil over. No matter what the dampening is, you need to be able to adjust the rebound separately and most of the spring rates we run are very high for straight line racing. I upgraded to the 10kg (maybe it was 8) for the megans in the rear and the car rides better and squats a little more, but it is still all over the road in 2nd on street radials.

Obviously we can only ask so much from street rubber, but I refuse to have a car that spins in 3rd gear
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