Learning about Coilovers

[artdealer]

Hi all, I would like to learn a bit about Coilover suspension. I have seen the name and the group buy links etc. Is it a generic name or an actual manufacturer? My interest stems from wishing to upgrade the suspension and handling on a 182 Cup to the standard of the Trophy with Sachs dampers etc. Would a Coilover setup with some professional attention to the suspension settings work as well? Could an even better handling car be produced for a reasonable amount of money? Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

 

[edde]

The trophy setup is very hard I'd much prefere some Lda/H and R personally. Wheather there better is difficult to say its all subjective.
Infact you could argue what you mean by better I'd argue stock is better on my car than it is on Blisteins and coilovers in many ways.

 

[edde]

The difference between the two is that coilovers are like this
http://www.roadraceengineering.com/evo/parts/jic/jic-coilovers-installed.jpg

You can see the threads runnign down the shock and you can adjust this height to lower and higher the car.


http://68.204.168.247:443/garage/suspension/shocks-n-springs.jpg

This is normal dampers there a fixed height the springs sit on.