Seat time.
else, look at softening or removing the front anti-roll bar and retuning the spring rates around that.
I'm running out of ideas of what I can do to help my ep handle better. I've done a decent amount and wondering what other mods would be worth it?
Current mode are
Buddy club N+ coilovers
Front and rear camber kit
RSX-S 21mm rear sway bar
Mr. Alex rear strut bar
Mr. Alex C-pillar brace
I'm getting wider wheels (17x8 with sticky 245 tires), more aggresive alignment, corner weighted.
What else can I do that will actually make a difference?
Seat time.
else, look at softening or removing the front anti-roll bar and retuning the spring rates around that.
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RCA's, stiffer bushings all around, DC5-R bracing. There's still a decent amount of things you can do Pete
Here's the two threads on the DC5-R bracing:
http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthr...on-EP3-Project
http://forums.clubep3.com/showthread.php?t=676396
All I'm missing is the connecting bar for the rear and the aluminum floor bar. You could also go for the DC5-R aluminum front LCA's, I remember reading somewhere that they add some caster which is something that this chassis is lacking in.
As far as the bushings, I was looking into the hardrace hardened rubber bushing kit instead of the energy suspension kit. Energy suspension bushings are polyurethane and they will get eaten up by all the road salt that gets used here in Chicago and surrounding areas. Plus polyurethane requires maintenance, hardened rubber does not.
http://www.buyhardrace.com/product/h...-spec_160.html
What kind of tires are you getting?. Your suspension is only as good as the tires. Weight reduction makes a huge difference. Caster; sub frame washers, caster plates, Type R lca, solid offset lca bushings.
Last edited by Hasbro; 03-12-2013 at 01:56 PM.
Listen to Zzyzyx, he really knows his doodoo!
If you're talking crappy streets, try tuning as soft as possible or in a year or two you'll be sick of stiff. Lighten unsprung weight as much as possible, lower psi , etc. You can pull 60 or 70 lbs. off the EP's unsprung- I've pulled 62 . I have a street I test on that has patches on top of patches and the Ep can barely navigate it on full stiff and higher psi but is pretty decent on full soft and lower psi. You can have a $10,000.00 suspension but if it's not tuned to your roads it can be worthless. So, think carefully about bushings and braces and big bad ass springs that many think they need.
Edit; I'm not saying braces, bushings and heavier springs aren't viable but softer can be good on the street.
Edit; The next set of tires will add 4 lbs. to my unsprung weight ....
... but they will have a lower diameter so a smaller rotational mass.
Last edited by Hasbro; 03-12-2013 at 04:20 PM.
Having both Zzyzx and Hasbro respond to your thread is pretty awesome lol and the RS-3's are
Hah, not even close! I just wing it from the other side of the brain and sometimes get it right. Zzyzyx and SHG_Easy (and some others) understand the engineering and actual applied stuff. Read all you can by these guys and Mustclimb on ClubEP3 and several others on CubRSX.
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