I'm working on my suspension setup right now and I'm looking for something that would be good for drag racing.

So basically, my decision comes to the Eibach Drag Launch Springs Vs. the 1LE Springs

Both springs are known for slightly racing the ride height of a car, which is what i need considering my stock springs are worn, which makes the car sit slightly lower.

So what kind of suspension would u all recommend for drag racing? I still want to maintain driveability as well.

 

I put the bilsteins in my car because i heard they were good for drag racing and everyday driving. I also replaced my springs at the same time because i couldn't see putting brand new shocks with 90k worn springs. My buddy just put the HAL adjustables in his car. I mean they are expensive but they are adjustable so you can loosen them up or tighten them up which is key when getting your car to launch right.

 

I put in an Eibach drag launch kit.
I used KYB AGX adjustable shocks, my ride height went down a little. I had some Weld 15x5s on the front and the diameter was smaller so that hurt my clearance with the LTs. I put my salad shooter Potenzas back on and it is better but still a wee bit lower than stock. I need to get my custom true duals done and I think that would help.
Driveability, Hmmm. I would say mine is ok, but you won,t be able to carve those corners no more. Weight transfer is great and I hook now, I also did a BMR TA and Nitto DRs so I really hook up. My car used to be the King of the smoke show, now its just a little eek eek and I,m gone, second gear is a little chirp now where it used to be a long screech.
If you want to keep the cornering ability of the car go with the 1LEs if you want to hook go with the drag launch kit.

 

How much is overall handling affected by the Drag Launch springs? Granted, I don't plan on tearing up any Autocross tracks anytime soon, but i still like to hang some fast turns every now and then.

Any logged results in terms of 60 foot times u can say the Drag Springs influenced?

 

The 1LE pieces are not designed for drag racing. OTOH, drag springs will handle like a** on the street. As far as I am concerned, they will ruin the car for street driving, but what people expect from a car and what they will tolerate differs greatly. Some people think an open exhaust sounds nice on a street car, for example.

Rich Krause

 

I will be going to the track on Wednesday nite so I will post some sixtys, if you plan on throwing the car into corners at all I would not do a Drag Launch kit. I understood from the outset that what I was doing was killing the handling of the car, but I sat down and thought about it and came to the conclusion that I was tired of losing the stoplight wars so hook was what I wanted.
The shocks I am using would still work with a G-machine setup anyway so a spring change and a tire and wheel package and the car will handle again.
I am even leaving some weight transfer on the table cause I am keeping the sway bars on.