autoX with coilovers

anyone here doing it?

er.. yes

er...obviously no problems then. :)

just curious.

What car are you talking about a 3rd gen or 4th gen? I haven't seen any 3rd gen cars road racing with coil overs, have you?

3rd gen cars have more spring options available to them, they "need" it less than a 4th gen car which has a limited spring aftermarket.

any f-body in general.....just curious as to whom might be running these types of setups and their thoughts.

thanks guys. :)

Yes. It will move you out of stock class obviously.

The real benefit is the ease of spring swaps and the HUGE amount of spring rates available. The ride height changes are kind of a plus. It is more used for a fine tuning of ride height. Once you find what is working the best you just leave it.

Plus the whole thing shock/spring assembly weighs less than stock

3rd gen cars have strut fronts, and they already have a pretty good spring selection. But for more space, and a bit less weight, if you dont mind the class move go for it. You can also run camber/caster plates if you wanted.

We run Coil-overs all the time on 4th gen cars. Never run them on 3rd gen cars (it's a hassle). We do run weight jackers on 3rd gens which have a wide choice of rates and are threaded for the ability to change ride height and corner weight the car.

why is it a hassle?

Nobody I deal with makes a true coil-over for the 3rd gen strut, and it's not legal in stock or ESP for SCCA autox.

do you know why it isn't legal?