From looking here it seems that sc and supra have different springs and struts-shocks, in order to lower an sc you use eibachs or any coilover system for a supra. Is there any difference in any of the other suspension components between the two ie upper-lower control arms, spindls etc to upgrade on a sc from the tt supra?

thanks in advance.

 

Sway bars are about 20% stiffer on the Supra.

 

So all other componets are the same as the supra? so the only ugrades that can be done are the sway bars, spring, shocks, strut bars?

 

What else is there?

 

Well there are the bushings on the sway bars, ball joints, tie rods, spindels, wheel bearings hubs, seals..

 

Actually Do-Luck makes floor support bars and a rear ladder bar that fits the SC.

 

They actually made a noticable difference imo too.

 

Hey Jeff, I just learned about these from your website, but I wasn't able to view the full pictures of them . Any more details on them? Where'd you buy them from and how much? Is it simple bolt-on? TIA! BTW, your coupe looks hot!!

 

Sorry about that I just changed servers and haven't had time to update the code to display the full pics.

The Floor Support Bars come in either steel or aluminum. These using pre-existing bolt holes or they provide the bracket for installation. There is one pin hole drill hole that needs to be made on the body of the car for added support. The Rear Ladder Bar polished aluminum. This is absolute bolt-on. It mounts between the hooks by the exhuast system. All these pieces can actually be bought from DoLuck USA now (www.do-luck-usa.com). The pieces I had on my website I actually imported in before Doluck had setup shop here in the states. At the time i paid Yen to dollar prices.

I recently purchased some aluminum floor support bars, I'll snap few pics and post them up when they arrive.

Thanks man I try, Im gonna be changing few things around.

 

Awesome! I know Manaray will be interested in a few of these mods: http://www.do-luck-usa.com/products.html?auto=JZZ30 ... Mike add all these support braces and your SC will be insane!!!


I guess this thread has gotten off topic now that we aren't talking about Supra parts anymore. Sorry to hijack your thread 96sc At least this helps the search for improved handling on the SC though

One a Supra note though, I really doubt the differences between the Supra bushings, seals, ball joints, etc and the SC's, if any, are going to substantial enough for you to want to buy them used from someone else. The SC has plent y of it's own aftermarket now, at least on the handling and suspension side of things. All we're really missing is that underbody brace that Tom's makes for the GS, and a rear STB. Just curious, but what are higher performance ball joints, tie rods, spindels, wheel bearings hubs, and seals like anyhow?

 

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I am pretty sure that don't make any of the above items "high performance" but again looking if there where any difference(engineering specs, data) in all the suspension components to see if it would be worth swaping from a tt, i have access to all of these parts reasonably and for others on the boards thru a friend of mine who has several parts car supras.

 

The control arms are different in the way the swaybar links attach;you just need to use the links that were originally common to the control arms to attach to either SC or TT swaybars.
The spring seats are different on the rear shocks between the two cars,fronts are the same size,also the spring rates are 17% stiffer on the TT.

 

Thats exactly what i wanted to know, i heard something along those lines but wanted to be sure.

 

Also the shocks are just way better on the TT,are a little lighter initially,but get with the program like any decent performance tuned shock. But way cheaper when purchasing used+oem quality as an added bonus.
Since I haven't heard about any rampant lower front control arm bushing failures on the Supras like we suffer with our cars,I could assume that those parts are more robust as well.