Suggestions on street suspension setup

Leo 5.0

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I currently in the planning stages of my build and am looking for advice on a good setup for all around driving.
This car will never see a dragstrip, just looking for fun and capable handling.
I will be using 17 inch wheels all around, and probably be using 315/35s out back. I plan on going 17x8 and 17x10.5 for the actual setup.
I was initially going to use the M5400-A(bullitt) setup, but I only know of one place that still carries it. But have heard mixed things about it.



I am looking at the Eibach system as it has EVERYTHING minus caster camber plates and control arms, and the drop isn't extreme.
looking for 1-1 1/2 inches
And sway bars to match.
As for the rear, I plan on using J&M upper and lower control arms, I have had good experience with them.

So please chime in!
 

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Go with the MM Caster camber plates for sure, you need the adjustment they give. Have you thought about Coilovers?
 
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Oops I suppose I posted in the wrong spot! Sorry!!

So the Super Sports and some Tokicos or Bilsteins?
And advice on the sway bars?
Or will the stockers suffice?

I remember using the eibach sway bars on my 09 and set it in the middle spot. Substantial cornering improvement over the stock pony package setup.

I've thought about coilovers.
But I don't see full adjustment being necessary for my usage.
 
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Oh and since we are talking suspension, with my planned addition of Control Arms, will removing the quad shocks be an issue?
 

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You can remove the quad shocks. They're a pretty sloppy design to begin with. I took mine off even before doing control arms and never felt a difference.
 

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I'm already running basically the same set up your looking at. Exception is I have Koni Red single adjustable shocks and struts. and Steeda 4 bolt CC plates. Stock K member and sway bars.
95% of the time my struts/shocks are on the softest settingand the ride is nice and smooth (definately not teeth ratteling for the long haul). When I decide to run the Dragon's Tail (318 turns in 11 miles) in Tenn/NC, all I have to do is use an allen wrench to tighten the suspension up. And it's get plenty stiff with very little roll.
 

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Bilsteins all the way around, upr front K member and coil over setup, eibach front and rear sway bars, eibach rear springs (of your choice), go ahead and get the j&m with the 3 piece bushings that's what I have on the rear control arms.... and shit I would grab a watts link if you can. Imo that would be an awesome Street setup. I plan on running very similar

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Yes I was looking at getting a K member, just for cleaning up the front end, but everything looked to be for a coilover kit.
I figured a DD could stand to lose weight.
Even if I don't race it, the lighter it is, the better whatever power I have will work. Also to at least offset the 17s. Looks are never light haha
Was am looking into getting a weight of 3100 or so with me inside. Being a 248a I figure a few things are already gone.
Am planning a K member, A arms, flywheel, ds, and seeing what I can ditch without loosing too much when driving around in the summer.

I am almost certain I can get it down...question is how much do I want to toss to do it.
 

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Do not switch to an aluminum flywheel if that's what you're thinking man. Aluminum flywheels drop the rpms too fast on a daily driven car, so definitely do not switch to that lol. You should check out upr's K member/coil over kits man its a great deal and I think you'll be happy with it!

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Oh really? I had heard for drag racing an Aluminum Flywheel was bad, but heard it was fine on the street.

And yes, I've been looking for a street K member.
 

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