polish_pounder

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u can show me a chart of spring rates all u want... if u want me to understand it then u might have to make me a thread like this haha

FJF

iTrader: (18)

To use this quote as an addition to my reply to Sparky, "automotively viable" concerns would include the spring rates jumping to infinity, seeing how the car is sitting on its bumbstops from the getgo, a change the car car's suspension geometry that only compounds the negatives, and a real-world feel that can accurately be described as hopping around corners, fighting the car every step of the way. This, on a machine that was hailed as a world class cornering monster right out of the box. Herein lies the irony: Buy the car for its street cred, then mod it into the opposite of what gave it that cred in the first place. Not "automotively viable," but there are a few other words that easily come to mind.

Iowa999

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Given that you are incapable of using a search button, a new thread would a waste of time, since you wouldn't read it.

Out.

PKEVO8

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^You can't drink from every pool though, there's plenty of dirty water on the interweb...bring a filter!!

In regards to springs: swift, gtworx, go search, nuff said

polish_pounder

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ok im going to look into the swift spec r...

FJF i know exactly what you mean but besides tein what other springs would actually "hurt" the handling of an evo like teins would? will tanibe or hotckis do this? and how about swifts

FJF

iTrader: (18)

For your application, Swifts are the better choice. Good luck.

VIIIdriver

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I bought my car with Tein S-tech springs which sucked a##,after some research i bought the Swift Spec-R from Map performance and i absolutely love them,awesome ride and feel,suspension is greatly improved.

njboy

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I agree with what you are saying. I did just that researched and decided on the Swifts. I wanted a lower CG and wanted to reduce the wheel gap. I like the Swift springs a lot. However I do think about going back to the stock MR springs for a linear rate and the ability to setup the car for a turn since the initial rate is higher. I think the stock car is well setup for the "Scandinavian flick"!

Getting back to the psychology of this is because I think people want conversation and "chew the fat"

spooldursti

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Who's pete?

sparky

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Sorry, I didn't mean to start anything by questioning your phrasing. I knew what you were saying. Just giving you a hard time

I am pretty much set on getting the GTWORX springs for my Evo. I don't want to lower the car too much. The roads are really awful where I live.

Same as you, FJF, I want the car to remain real world, automotively viable. For the time being, I guess that the GTWORX springs will work o.k. with my KYB's. Then later on I hope to get a set of Bilstein HD's. Thanks again, buddy.

CLOUD9

Don't get tanibe! Because they don't exist. Get the tanabe gf210. Install them and write an in depth review on them. Give us ride hieght, handling at different speeds and corners, comfort etc.
So the next guy can have a really good idea of what to expect from these particular springs. Rather than the "I heard" or "my buddy has them" kinda thing. Just saying.

Butt Dyno

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I know this thread is really ancient, but if you can find the Espilir springs, they're pretty good too. One of the stiffer options out there. I drove an IX that had these at an autox and was pretty impressed.