My car can't hook worth $%^T. Now that we have that out of the way, here is my setup:
SPC lowering springs with Bilstein HD shocks.
IROC front swaybar
S10 rear sway bar that is basically a home brew HR style setup thanks to CharlieF1
Front UCA's are UB Machine
Stock front LCA's with 1LE bushings.
Boxed rear LCAs with HR poly bushings.
Baseline suspensions rear UCA's in the middle hole, which is what I calculated is the best IC for my car.
I also set the pinion angle correct. (Don't ask me what it is because I calculated it all year's ago following Kevin's site).
GTA rims. Rears are widened to 9" with Toyo Proxes TQ 275/45/16. These are supposedly drag radials.
60ft is always low 2's now. MPH is between 118-123 depending on DA.
Alrighty. My issue is that this thing smokes the tires hard even if I baby it off the line and boost kicks in. I took it as "the nature of the beast" or "my small turbo comes on too hard" for a long time. That was until I got my CTS-V wagon that launches surprisingly well with 285/35/19 Bridgestone S04's. Then I thought back to how I got 1.6 60's on BFG DR's with stock suspension and worn out springs, cheap shocks, and a rr airbag.
So, I'm assuming my biggest issue is really the front spring / shocks that are holding me back. The front springs are really short and have a 675 spring rate according to their site. The back seems to do right and lift when I bring boost up, but on a launch the front does not lift one bit, which is most likely to the fact that the fronts are not compressed much and don't have any energy to push the front up when weight is trying to be transferred.
So.....how do folks get the pro touring setups to hook when they want to drag race? Is it better to get some coilovers with dual adjustable dampers? I would assume that setting the spring preload on them high in the front and adjusting the dampers with high compression and low rebound would help?
Let me know if I'm heading in the right direction here. Thanks!
SPC lowering springs with Bilstein HD shocks.
IROC front swaybar
S10 rear sway bar that is basically a home brew HR style setup thanks to CharlieF1
Front UCA's are UB Machine
Stock front LCA's with 1LE bushings.
Boxed rear LCAs with HR poly bushings.
Baseline suspensions rear UCA's in the middle hole, which is what I calculated is the best IC for my car.
I also set the pinion angle correct. (Don't ask me what it is because I calculated it all year's ago following Kevin's site).
GTA rims. Rears are widened to 9" with Toyo Proxes TQ 275/45/16. These are supposedly drag radials.
60ft is always low 2's now. MPH is between 118-123 depending on DA.
Alrighty. My issue is that this thing smokes the tires hard even if I baby it off the line and boost kicks in. I took it as "the nature of the beast" or "my small turbo comes on too hard" for a long time. That was until I got my CTS-V wagon that launches surprisingly well with 285/35/19 Bridgestone S04's. Then I thought back to how I got 1.6 60's on BFG DR's with stock suspension and worn out springs, cheap shocks, and a rr airbag.
So, I'm assuming my biggest issue is really the front spring / shocks that are holding me back. The front springs are really short and have a 675 spring rate according to their site. The back seems to do right and lift when I bring boost up, but on a launch the front does not lift one bit, which is most likely to the fact that the fronts are not compressed much and don't have any energy to push the front up when weight is trying to be transferred.
So.....how do folks get the pro touring setups to hook when they want to drag race? Is it better to get some coilovers with dual adjustable dampers? I would assume that setting the spring preload on them high in the front and adjusting the dampers with high compression and low rebound would help?
Let me know if I'm heading in the right direction here. Thanks!