I am wondering what people are running and doing to stiffen up their car that are running 11's and faster. List setup please, Shocks, springs, cage, etc.
Right now i'm running on koni shocks and ground control 400f / 350r, Traction bar, and motor mount inserts (ES / Prothane)

 

One thing I just did that really stiffened up the car was fabricating a strut tower brace with additional engine mount points on it:




Really works wonders. I made it since poly engine inserts are not available for my car.

 

^^ we don't have a kia, so doing this might be alot more work then most think

 

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not to be a jerk, but why would you need those on a KIA?

NVM, I see the turbo now....pic is dark on my pc

 

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not to be a jerk, but why would you need those on a KIA?

NVM, I see the turbo now....pic is dark on my pc </TD></TR></TABLE>


good question?

 

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not to be a jerk, but why would you need those on a KIA?

NVM, I see the turbo now....pic is dark on my pc </TD></TR></TABLE>

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I made it since poly engine inserts are not available for my car.
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Not at all. If you have a place on your engine that will take a bolt or two you can do the same thing. Takes about as much fabrication skill as making a set of charge pipes. I have a Kia, you have a Honda... But the cars are nearly the same ignoring the fact that my tranny is on the driver's side.

 

Sorry, the suspension forum doesn't help at all, so i am bumping this back up since the forced induction people make more sense to me. Anyway, i am looking at 300hp and hoping for 11 second time slip. I also daily drive this car. Whats the right setup that doesn't cost millions of dollars?

 

c'mon someone

 

traction bars, a GOOD cage (welded in), coilovers with proper valving (not a road race or street coilover), 1 or 2 solid motor mounts, good tires

 

thanks geoff, anyone else?

 

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That **** anit close .

 

Jimfabs! They are cheap as **** and work wonders. I installed them and they killed my wheel hop.

The only downside is the noise they make. It gets super loud inside your cabin. But after 3 months of daily driving, I've already tuned out the noise and I can't really tell anymore.