Most benchracing sessions swirl around two polarized views: Street or race. Based on your responses, let me try to sum things up in one important statement that very few people consider.
If you race your car, you will most likely race it in street trim.
That's a powerful statement. Most folks are like: "....Well I'm gonna track my car, so I need the double throw-down parts and set up." Wrong. More than likely, you will want to see how the car performs on the track in street trim. After a few attempts, you will probably realize that the car performs very well, so why mess with it. End of story: Street car on the track.
Does that sound right? Does that sound like you? If 50% of your driving will be street/touring, then there is no sense in building a car on slicks with 3 degrees of static camber and a bunch of toe out. File that one under "duh". At the track, you will probably take advantage of simple adjustments such as turns of the shock knobs or maybe link rod changes. If you get fancy, you might swap a splined sway bar. You will more than likely not bother to swap wheels & tires or coil springs. As you have described it, Never forget that your project is a street car! Staying focused on that concept will help you complete your project. You will most likely never explore the limits of your top three suspension choices. And if you do--you might crash!
If you have access to a top notch fabricator, then the only limiting factor to your selection is budget and time. In my neck of the woods, your extensive list of fabrication tasks could easily consume $30K-$40K. So again, any of those three suspension choices will work for you.. Just get estimates for installing all three variations.
Visit my website and call the phone number listed there if you would like to discuss the matter further. And the offer is still open: Fly to NY and take a drive in a variety of cars. The test drives will reinforce my statements.
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Steve Chryssos
Ridetech.com
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