Suspension advice.

[Sciby]

I have a small problem with what to do with suspension...

The 33 originally came over with full adjustable (height/rate and damper rate) Cusco coilovers on it, which were lowish and extremely hard (even with the damper rate right down), which was great on good roads, but the roads in the town I live in are utter rubbish, so the car was soon trying to shake itself to bits. I've fitted the stock suspension for now (it was nicely included in the car deal), but now I have 4 cusco coilovers sitting in a box that I'd like to make use of.

I'm not going to be dragging in it often, and definitely won't be drifting it: it's purely road and a bit of track when I get a bloodrush. My understanding for a situation like mine is to have nice soft springs and fairly hard dampers. With this in mind, I was going to organise to get a soft of softer springs from Whiteline or Pedders to the Cusco dampers and just dial in the damper rate that suits me and what I'm doing.

Am I on the right track here or am I heading in completely the wrong direction?

I'd like a firm ride, with as little body roll as possible, without destroying the car from bumps.

[MegaGTS4]

to my knowledge:

Dampers/shocks/struts all do one thing to control the spring, the spring has a few characteristics which influence the sping rate. E.g Wire Diameter, Spring OD, Number of Active Coils = Coil Spring Rate. The spring rate is essentially what holds the vehicle up (and gives the suspension some travel) and also affects body roll!(the higher the spring rate the less body roll but unfortunatly the rougher the ride)

A thicker Stabiliser/swaybar will also reduce body roll, this may also affect understeer or oversteer.

Man I could type for hours trying to explain this so I found this link instead

http://www.wtrscca.org/tech.htm

they explain in more detail what I was trying to explain to you.

MEGA