i live in a mountainy woody backcountry area and i bought my car with h&r springs and they suck because roads around here arnt quite like track conditions! there ****** my car up soooooo..........i know you guys all live in sunny smoothed road california but can you give a brotha some info on some rally springs n struts!!!???peace

 

thought this was honda-tech.com not honda-street/dragtech.com?

 

alright well you could use 86-89 accord struts in front with stock springs (~1.5" drop). to compensate for the softer springs, you could use a thicker front sway bar.

about the rear...i dunno.

 

By some stock springs then so you will have ground clearance again.

 

someone has never been to CA lol pothole capitol of the world.

If driving comfort is your goal stock would be best. more agressive suspension has its downsides.

 

yeah,sorry bout that general comment no i have never been to any part of CA just goin by what ive seen on "CHiPs" duh duh dutuh duh

thanks for the info fellas, OBVIOUSLY stock **** would work i dont think theres much "tech" in that answer(fouthgenhatch).what would a pro rally team use if they were racing a 90 civ,if there is such a thing as a honda rally team?

what if i used soft stock springs and some stiff *** street struts to take up the extra travel?(possible?)

 

you can look into progressive rate springs, which would allow proper suspension travel, combine that with better shocks (not sure what to recommend here) but dont get short travel shocks, since the car will be bouncing around.. i dont really know what to tell you, there might be someone in the road race/autoX forum, try there

 

thanks for steppin up!! ill try my luck over there

 

rally teams use really soft springs and shocks when on dirt/gravel. they want the car to have lots of spring/shock travel for all the bumps. this means more swaying and hence drifting.

so the advice for using stock springs and shocks wasn't so bad if you are talking about rallying not on tarmac.

 

yeah sorry if there was any confusion,but i dont drive in the dirt. "roads around here arnt quite like track conditions" they are bumpy and uneven but some are the best smoothe mountain curvy hilly roads around.just looking to see if there was any suggestions

 

you should also think about your tire choice