Hello I'd like to hear some first hand advice for my goals. I have a 95 GT Automatic. My goal for the car is a fun street car 98% of the time at this point. I will take this to the drag strip occasionally and may also try autocross as some point.
I'm going to leave out the motor setup and just want to focus on the suspension at this point. I would love to try and do as much as I can with less, budget is always a concern.
Currently the car is on stands and I have the following going on soon.
Front
-BMR A-Arms w/Spring Perches
-BMR 1 inch drop 525 Springs
-Tokico D Spec Struts
-Poly Spring ISOs
-Stock 27mm Sway Bar
-Poly Front end links and Sway Bushings
-No strut brace (explorer intake)
Rear
-Strange 10 Way Shocks
-BMR 1 inch drop 235 Springs
-Poly Spring ISOs
-Stock 95gt Sway Bar
-MM Pinion Snubber
-Stock Quads
Future wants:
-Would like to run a square tire setup on a 17x9.
-Cobra Brakes
-Rear Drag wheel and tire for strip
Couple questions
1. How does that setup look for starters?
2. Do I need CC plates at this point?
3. I need new Tie rod ends. At what point does one need bumpsteer kit vs regular rod ends?
4. For the rear setup MM recommended the following: RLCAs with spherical bearings in both ends. Without those, the car will have a lot of wheel hop. For the UCAs you can use either new stock rubber bushings or Steeda UCAs with 3-piece polyurethane. Any input here?
5. For what I'm wanting what subframes? Stifflers, Steeda, MM?
6. Torque Boxes. Should I do upper and lower?
I'm going to leave out the motor setup and just want to focus on the suspension at this point. I would love to try and do as much as I can with less, budget is always a concern.
Currently the car is on stands and I have the following going on soon.
Front
-BMR A-Arms w/Spring Perches
-BMR 1 inch drop 525 Springs
-Tokico D Spec Struts
-Poly Spring ISOs
-Stock 27mm Sway Bar
-Poly Front end links and Sway Bushings
-No strut brace (explorer intake)
Rear
-Strange 10 Way Shocks
-BMR 1 inch drop 235 Springs
-Poly Spring ISOs
-Stock 95gt Sway Bar
-MM Pinion Snubber
-Stock Quads
Future wants:
-Would like to run a square tire setup on a 17x9.
-Cobra Brakes
-Rear Drag wheel and tire for strip
Couple questions
1. How does that setup look for starters?
2. Do I need CC plates at this point?
3. I need new Tie rod ends. At what point does one need bumpsteer kit vs regular rod ends?
4. For the rear setup MM recommended the following: RLCAs with spherical bearings in both ends. Without those, the car will have a lot of wheel hop. For the UCAs you can use either new stock rubber bushings or Steeda UCAs with 3-piece polyurethane. Any input here?
5. For what I'm wanting what subframes? Stifflers, Steeda, MM?
6. Torque Boxes. Should I do upper and lower?