Megan Racing Coilovers keep changing height as I drive.

[mb7050]

good so far, may do the fronts this weekend, may not, depends on if I have time. Ride is controlled and not too stiff.

Hey could you take a photo bilstein front vs oem front strut . that would help me to determine would the bilstein front spring perch possibly clear my front tires. after talking with bilstein tech Im pretty determined to go bilstein / eibach route .

Thanks

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

no it will not fit your tires with the stock spring perch. The bilsteins are inserts, externally they look 100% o.e. once assembled because they are inside the stock strut housing,

[mb7050]

ok so they offer same clearance as OEM struts .



Thanks

[CoopKill]

So, I love my ECS struts.

I have S-Techs, and would not mind going a bit lower (1/2").

DG: What would be the best route for me to go?

1: Stay with what I have?

2: Does the spring co. you suggested make a spring that would be a good fit with my ECS valving and get my height needs?

3: I should shut up toss the ecs and build the better option explained earlier?


My goals are a decent cornering (better than present push/push) street car...

[mb7050]

i fucking looooove ecs . sorry had to say that
I mean I would never get rid of the ecs.

I would like to have a tad bit more downtravel than what the stock suspension offers thats all .

[J. Fast]

Keep ecs, make a controller with an Arduino. Use a Tein H-Tech spring. Near perfect match for the design and a 1" drop. It also never hits the bump stops. http://www.3sgto.org/f17/ecmcu-proje...ystm-1765.html

[CoopKill]

Why H techs and not S techs? I'm also wanting another 1/2" or so over what the S techs have.



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[DG]

I've said a couple of times that the OEM ECS is a great bit of kit for a street car.

The ideal street setup is OEM ECS shocks modified to fit a coilover sleeve and a standard 2.25" or 2.5" Hypercoil spring. That should be possible and I suspect that Ground Control already has a part to do it. GC will sell you Eibachs instead of Hypercoils... which is suboptimal but not a HUGE deal, unless you are racing. I'd be suspicious of whatever rate GC wants to sell you (because they don't have a good track record choosing rates) but they'll happily swap out springs for different rates.

What isn't clear to me is how well GC handles the top side of the spring. I've seem some solutions from them that are a little hokey, but work fine, and I've seen solutions from them that are garbage. So it's a bit of a crap shoot there.

For me to be able to get any more specific I'm going to have to do an actual analysis of the suspension, and to do that I'll need example parts (I can't afford the time to tear down my own car right now)

For a non-ECS car, the answer is Bilstein + coilover sleeves / Hypercoils. This has the same problem of figuring out the upper mount.

For a racing car, the solution is a C5 Corvette. Failing that, it is Bilsteins converted to take-aparts and revalved to match the car.

DG

[J. Fast]

In my opinion the H-Tech is the best compromise of all things being considered on an ECS strut. You get the best transmissibility and maintain adequate suspension compression and rebound without risking damage and sacrificing longevity (bouncing of the bump stops put there for a reason that otherwise have to be removed or altered if lowered any more). It's the best of all things on the setup with a good roll center proportion when lowered. It translates to a nice ride and compliments the stock roll and pitch quite nicely.

I've experienced the ride on Stock, S-Tech, Eibach, H-Tech, and Intrax springs and was most pleased with the H-Tech. I don't really care about the remaining 1 1/2" of remaining wheel gap as function and performance will always prevail on my car vs. looks. I would never put a GC EIbach coil on an ECS strut. Jeff Lucius had that on his list of to do's and it never worked out. Seems like it'd be a huge waste of coin. You'd seriously consider throwing a hypercoil sleeve on a stock ECS strut DG?

[mb7050]

+ for H techs. I would pick them anyday over S techs especially if you have non ecs suspension .