Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post)

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (SW20_3sgte)

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:07:34 GMT

thought about running one of those tangband drivers in one of those factory subwoofer boxes? They are well worth the money.

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (DVSTurbo2)

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:25:21 GMT

I recommend the BC RD series Coilovers.
Ride is great, not back breaking stiff, fully damp adjustable for track and front camber adjustment.

Loving the handling since I installed my set.

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (grl570810)

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:10:15 GMT

Sorry slow response - been away. Yes, all the bushings were from Twos'RUs. If your stock shocks are OK then a) I think they must have been changed and b) I agree you don't need to change immediately - mine were completely shot as revealed by my first track day - when we changed them we could tip pints of water out of the old ones which shows how much damping they must have been applying :D

Tree

Did you end up getting Two'r Us bushings? My mod list is basically same as yours (will be) Graham without the Konis and I've had comments on my car being slightly on the stiffer side of things, which I agree (thus making the post). I might just hold off the Konis for now until my driving exceeds the stock shocks (which seems to be decent condition strange given the car's age, maybe previous owner changed it :D)
Also need to wait until the sign in front of my money balance is a plus haha
Thanks for the tip

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (TRD2000)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:57:43 GMT

excedy 5 puck sprung hub seems to do the job pretty well.... i use it for street and my mate uses it for track.... both are 200rwkw+

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (chase_d)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:20:39 GMT

My MR2 (turbo) is my daily and my weekender and my occasional track/skidpan toy after my other MR2 (NA - Auto) was unfortunately written off.

Its pretty comfortable with the Tien Superstreet even though its on 17s/18s on a 40 profile tyre.
Its got a pretty quite exhaust system, which has a nice note at idle. One of my pet hates are a droning exhaust system.

As for audio, I have a little alpine 10" sub behind driver seat (which allows seat to move completely as stock) and the amp behind the passenger side.
Running a set of Alpine 6.5" Component Type X (just the REF's) in the doors with the tweeters mounted in the factory spot (93+ tweeter covers) and sounds brilliant - I haven't got anything wired up in the rear, I dont think anything is really needed either.

One thing that I have made sure always works is the AC. Kept always on, on one steady temperature.
Also had seats re-trimmed as the fabric and foam was starting to give way. It made them much more supportive but still very comfortable (wanted to stay away from aftermarket seats as the factory seats are so comfy)

Will need to look into a clutch soon - need to find one that's 'daily' friendly in traffic but will still hold up to light track use.

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (Tree)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:11:38 GMT

Will be a few more years of driving the car long distance until you'll make a post like this Eric lol
Got rid of my Kirk inserts and the cabin plastic-y vibration is gone! Just need to swap in a stock exhaust to get rid of the rice spec tip. I dunno much about clutches but solid puck does sound harsh haha. I'm quite happy with my stock clutch. With so much grip our cars have off the line, I wouldn't want my gearbox being the weakest link...

It's funny, only a few months ago I was like "yeh I gotta upgrade this and that to be more solid, lose the radio, lose the A/C..." I think my physical age is trying to catch up with my mental age hehe

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (TRD2000)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:39:37 GMT

hmm
6" splits for the front work well and mount in stock spots.
i had trouble finding 4"'s for the rear that fit so its still on my to do list.

I used to run SL King springs and shortened KYB shocks and stock swaybars and the ride was pretty firm...

I've swapped out to KW V3's whiteline sways, poly bushes and the ride isn't any harder, it does feel a TAD firmer but it's a more progressive firm so it's no less comfortable... (probably mostly coming from the harder bushes and swaybars meaning the shocks are working straight away and theres no slop. edit: my girlfriend actually says the coilovers are comfier.

i've been runing Kirkasaurus insert engine mounts since about 2005. Initially i ran a solid puck clutch and the car was an absolute monster in traffic or parking etc. there was no give so the car would shudder a LOT and required a lot of revving and prodding of the clutch to maneuvre slowly. My mechanic hated it m"i've driven 1100hp GTR's that aren't as harsh as this" so i figured i'd try a sprung hub for a while and it's settled the car down to pretty much stock but without the slop... no shuddering anymore... HOWEVER I notice the cushioning in the clutch and it took me a while/still not liking the disengagement from power response when in the twisties.... i hit the accellerator and i can FEEL the springs compress and the delay in drive to the wheels.... there were a few times early on where it caught me out badly as i was depending on smooth immediate power delivery mid corner to plant/slide the back end..... for a street car the sprung hub is probably the best option and definately so if its going to see traffic.

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (Eric)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:08:34 GMT

I run HSD's in my sdub, 6kg front, 8 kg rear and I also have a HKS hi power system on it
Its pretty stiff, loud and vibrates alot, but I'm not even 17 yet so it dosnt bother me. Will become my daily drive in a month and a bits time
Just need to fix that bloody aircon....

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (Tree)

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:01:31 GMT

Did you end up getting Two'r Us bushings? My mod list is basically same as yours (will be) Graham without the Konis and I've had comments on my car being slightly on the stiffer side of things, which I agree (thus making the post). I might just hold off the Konis for now until my driving exceeds the stock shocks (which seems to be decent condition strange given the car's age, maybe previous owner changed it :D)
Also need to wait until the sign in front of my money balance is a plus haha
Thanks for the tip

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (grl570810)

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:33:37 GMT

Definitely recommend the Konis. I use them with standard springs on my 93 N/A, when I installed them I also did all the suspension bushes, track rod ends and ball joints, plus added a late model front sway bar with Delta V reinforcement plate and an 'el cheapo' front tower brace. To say it transformed the car would be an understatement. It is now way more compliant on Sydney's crap roads in daily driving with the dampers on softest setting but wind them up to near max for a track day and it is taut as I need it, albeit not up to full track car standard. It's a very nice compromise.
HTH
Graham

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (na/sdub)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:43:34 GMT

Your right about tyres. The best you can afford is the best option. I've kept thing to a budget and have been using Federal 595 rsr's on the road and so ar one track day. You can only go so far on stock dampers and springs though I think. And the above mentioned package is pretty good if you still plan on driving the car daily. Also the Eibach pro springs wont drop the ride too much so the car may still appear stock which may be desirable to some.

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (Tree)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:38:32 GMT

Sounds like a really good ICE setup there although 12" subbie is still too big for me lol.
The stock suspension on the SW20 isn't actually that bad, I don't get oscillations over bumps. Maybe the shocks aren't that old. Then again tyres tyres tyres...
But yeh can't go wrong with Eibach + Tokico/Koni

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (na/sdub)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:14:38 GMT

I was a bit of a tight ass and brought Tokico Illumina inserts instead of Konis but I don't regret the decision at all. I'm using Eibach pro kit springs as well. I drove the car for a week while I was getting some work done on my daily drive and thought even on the softest setting that the car was still way more fun than stock to drive around. As far as audio goes I was using 6 1/2" Infinity splits up front and deleted the 4" rears. I had a ported sub box made up with a single 12" Pioneer woofer and ran the sub and splits off a 4 channel 300w Pioneer amp. Overall this setup was ideal I thought for such a small cabin.

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (Tree)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:46:38 GMT

^Thanks I didn't realise how much that post made sense til now LOL
Also I found the ultimate daily - the JZX110 Mark II!!! 1JZ goodness in a sheepskin " /> (you can tell I've been unproductively busy...)

Re:Making your daily car more comfortable but still handle decently. (Longish post) (kameleon)

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:21:50 GMT

I drove a stripped out car for my first car in the dumb belief it would make it .001 faster. We also used nitrous oxide on that car and other retarded things.

My point? 20 year olds dont make posts like this hahahaha keep it open until youre 30 or something....

Harsh car to drive to Winton? Look at Ken in his AW11 with massive rubber, big spring rates and a aluminium race seat which he drove to the MR2 nationals last year.

WIth cars you always have a trade off, i think you worry about racing it too much (in regards to the cars setup) just make it good for the street in your eyes and have some fun in the same guise at the track. You will still have fun;)