Comfort comes home-Project Lexus GSX

[turbotalon1g]

Yum, that looks good

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by s1ngletracker

Yeah, you don't really need much if your car isn't slammed and you're mostly street driving. Our car really likes almost 3.5* of rear wheel camber for racing. I can actually get that with the stock eccentric bolts at the ride height we're at.

Are you on coilovers? How much lower than stock are you? I'm pretty sure I'm going to cut a coil off my Eibach Sportlines.

[s1ngletracker]

I have a few different setups. At RA this past weekend I was on cut springs (silly chumpcar rules). I've also run coilovers and that's what i'll run next year in WRL. By coilovers, I just mean 2.5" ID springs and adjustable perches. Can't run adjustable shocks without a hit.

Hard to say how much lower. Ground clearance wise not much if any, but we're running much bigger wheels so in reality probably quite a bit. I'd guess maybe 2-3"?

[Goat Blower]

Well, continuing off my last post and deciding I can't get there from here, I picked up a set of good coilovers from EvoM, JIC Magics. Of course there are a few challenges, but that's what makes it fun.

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Then comes the fun part, converting from Evo fitment. First, after a lot of measuring and luckily having an Evo 5 feet away, I drilled new holes for the top mount.

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Then comes drilling out the lower holes for the larger Evo bolts and grinding off the factory eccentric portion of the upper bolt since I don't need that weak camber adjustment anymore. Up next, fabbing the brackets for the extra width of the coilover lower mount and bolting up the fronts. Holes on the shock tower will be welded up and the whole engine bay will get painted this winter.

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I still need some blown rear shocks if someone has some. I need to cut and weld the lower mount to these.

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Success! One down, three to go. Bonus, with a little coaxing, the factory brake line mount bolted right up to the JIC.

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Not sure why the pictures turned sideways.

[asshanson]

Wow, nice work!
What spring rates are on those?

[sleepydsm]

BLOWN evo rear shocks? I have some good ones collecting dust you can have

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by asshanson

Wow, nice work!
What spring rates are on those?

8kg front/7kg rear. Should be a good rate for mostly street, occasional track. It's really for getting the right height and camber settings to fit these 17x9's.

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by sleepydsm

BLOWN evo rear shocks? I have some good ones collecting dust you can have

Actually, I need DSM shocks. These JIC rears are set up for the EVO, and I have the stock ones from my parts car. I need the lower DSM mount and the Koni's I just took off are only a year old, so I don't want to cut them up. I really liked how this setup rode and was surprisingly good on the track as well.

If I can't find the lower mounts, I can use a 22mm x 1.5 Heim joint, but I wanted some compliance in there for streetability.

[goodhart]

Wish I could help you out but FWD rears are different than AWD

[DSM MN]

I love this car ��, keep up the good work Steve!

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by DSM MN

I love this car ��, keep up the good work Steve!

Thanks

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I suppose I could update this a bit. Ended up buying new parts store rear shocks just to cut the lower mounts off of to weld on to the Evo rears. After clean up and paint, they look good. I've found the spring rates to be a little stiff for my taste, so among other projects this winter, I'm looking at slightly softer springs. I've also picked up an Autopower 6-point bolt-in cage with halo bars for road racing next summer. I'll probably just unbolt the front bars for street use. Off to storage for the winter.

[1ViciousGSX]

Get R Done

[niterydr]

Are the springs to stiff or is the dampening to slow?

[DSM MN]

Need more pics!