bigx5murf

I'm surprised to see rally coilovers w/o helper/tender springs, since the cars are expected to lift wheels and be at full droop often. I guess those make up for it with extremely long springs and stroke.

skypilot

Yeah the first set used to be uncaptive by about .5 inch and it gave me the *****. You never heard the spring clang around when going fast and Murray swore it made no difference to performance, none the less I still hated it.

I dont know exactly what sort of travel we had but around 6" seems the norm

I would also run helper springs if it ever happened again. Just to stop the clanging when you jack the car

jumbosrule

So next month marks one year of Miata ownership for me. I've been riding on the stock suspension (except for a RB front sway upgrade). Just got these in the mail - haven't had time to install yet.

Megan EZ street series



I went with these mostly for the price, but also because I own some BC coilovers (same manufacturing factory) on a different car and have nothing but good things to say. Can't wait to get these on, close the wheel gap just a bit... then find my dampening comfort level.

bigx5murf

90% of the import cars that are dropped at our local meets run BC's. Everyone seems to love them, but I could never take them seriously since they claim BC's are superior to established coilovers like h&r, koni, bilsteins, etc.. many even claim people with such coilovers "upgrade" to BC's. The subaru guys are specially guilty of this. I'm kind of glad BC's aren't that popular in the miata community. I also suspect its because miatas are one of those few cars that have dozens of coilover options at every price point.

Track

^yea, we have worse. ------- racelands

true stuff about the subi guys getting boners over BC coils.

guzerone

R-Package Bilsteins with 450/250 lb springs on ebay sleeves, FM front sway bar on stiff, no rear sway bar.

Track

Jesus, your car must understeer like a ----------er. Do you track/autocross it at all? How does it feel?

guzerone

Not at all. I had the FW rear sway bar and the tail came around before it even turned in. So I tried the stock rear and it was still way too tail happy. Without the rear sway bar, it's pretty neutral now allthough it has a bit more body roll than necessary.
I'm running 1.5 camber in front and 1.8 in the rear.
I just ordered a Racing Beat tubular front bar, together with the FM or stock rear bar, I should be able to dial it in.
I rarely autocross but I'm on Pacific Grand Prix (XL cart track) several times a year.

Track

cool, good to hear, welcome to the forum. And thanks for sharing! Look forward to hearing more from ya in the future.

bigx5murf

I hope ricelands makes coilovers for subies soon. I wonder if anyone will "upgrade" to them...