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Offline Javan

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Front suspension
« on: March 29, 2015 - 10:39:31 AM »
Does anyone know if Bobs profab front suspension would be strong enough for road course use or are they just for drag racing quality looks good from pictures


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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2015 - 11:50:17 AM »
Does anyone know if Bobs profab front suspension would be strong enough for road course use or are they just for drag racing quality looks good from pictures


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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2015 - 05:34:36 PM »
Bondobob.angelfire.com I googled it


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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2015 - 10:02:51 AM »
At the bottom of every page I looked at he has the disclaimer that these parts are for lightweight race cars. he also points out that his coil over kits require rollcage down tubes to tie into the shock towers for load support.

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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2015 - 10:08:06 AM »
It doesn't make me all warm and fuzzy for a street car, drag car maybe? Definitely not for road racing IMO
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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2015 - 10:17:54 AM »
I would say it's not even good for street use....The factory shock tower was never designed to take the full weight of the car....that's what the torsion bars do. Also without the  rollcage down tubes to tie into the shock towers for load support, the whole thing would collapse. :2cents:
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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2015 - 05:26:41 PM »
Thanks for the info


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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2015 - 05:31:26 PM »
Any suggestions on a kit that will not break the bank


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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2015 - 05:44:25 PM »
Do you need the rapid spring changes of coil overs or the additional engine room provided by a new frame? Are there rule sets to be concerned with regarding the application? Nearly any coil over conversion is going to be many thousands of dollars. Stock based stuff is going to be more price friendly.

For stock based components, Hotchkis, Firm Feel, and QA1 make a very nice packages of parts that all work together and can be upgraded individually to save the all at once budget hit. These components can be put together in sucha way to create a handling package capability beyond most driver's ability to tune them. Nearly any of these can used to upgrade an entire car for around $3k, give or take a few hundred.

If you want complete coil over suspensions, the Alterkation makes a nice package using M2 spindles. XV Engineering also has a kit based on Vette parts. There are a couple others similar to either of these such as Control Freaks and Magnumforce, although on of the Magnumforce kits has the same shock tower support issue as the Bob's unit. Most coil over kits start at $4k per end and go up from there.

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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2015 - 06:22:25 PM »
That helps a lot thanks again


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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2015 - 10:39:50 PM »
Any suggestions on a kit that will not break the bank


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Keep it factory based. These several thousand dollar kits are extremely nice, but really over the top for even the above-average driver in many ways. Quite a bit can be pulled out of a properly equipped "factory" suspension and K.
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Re: Front suspension
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2015 - 10:51:30 PM »
Sounds good I looked at the qa1 k member before would love to go coil over but the cost is almost triple don't think it is worth it thanks prob go with qa1 


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