BMR Front Suspension versus Speedtech Pro-Touring

[trapin]

Tony,
More importantly, since your car was sitting for many (many) moons, the shock's innards may have deteriorated.

If your tires are old and rock hard, that will contribute significantly to poor ride quality. (Past their expiration date?)

You know so much time has past it's easy to forget that.....yeah, it's been sitting for a long time. The shocks are easily 15 years old and the tires are from 2008. I have Koni Adjustable Shocks (the orange ones) on the front and Bilstein Shocks on the rear. I think you're probably onto something. I think for this year I will swap out the shocks and tires for new ones. I know the tires are hard, something Trevor and V8 Speed pointed out a number of times. I think that's a cheaper way to go, at least for this year. Thanks Steve.

[Steve Chryssos]

Inside of a gas twin tube shock.. The gas is stored in a plastic bag that is very similar to the packaging used for duck sauce at the Chinese restaurant. No kidding. They fail all the time. They fail over time. I know you're on a budget with this car. I suggest that you get yourself some monotube shocks and fresh tires. Ho Ho Ho. Keep your Eaton springs if you are happy with the car's ride height. If you don't have money for tires, pull the "Safety" card. Works every time. "But honey, if I don't get new tires, I could die.."

[andrewb70]

And don't get some silly tires with 400 tread ware. I consider good tires a consistent wear item and don't expect more than 2 years out of a set. On the Cougar I run drag radials in the rear and got 3 years out of them, which is plenty, considering the tread wear is 0...yes...zero...

Get good 200 tread ware tires, there are many options!

Andrew

[c4racer2]

Inside of a gas twin tube shock.. The gas is stored in a plastic bag that is very similar to the packaging used for duck sauce at the Chinese restaurant. No kidding. They fail all the time. They fail over time. I know you're on a budget with this car. I suggest that you get yourself some monotube shocks and fresh tires. Ho Ho Ho. Keep your Eaton springs if you are happy with the car's ride height. If you don't have money for tires, pull the "Safety" card. Works every time. "But honey, if I don't get new tires, I could die.."

Well now - I guess pulling that card kinda depends on how strong your life insurance policy is !!

[trapin]

And don't get some silly tires with 400 tread ware. I consider good tires a consistent wear item and don't expect more than 2 years out of a set. On the Cougar I run drag radials in the rear and got 3 years out of them, which is plenty, considering the tread wear is 0...yes...zero...

Get good 200 tread ware tires, there are many options!

Andrew

Andrew, when you say "Tread ware" do you mean Tread Grade?

I'm looking at going Nitto NT555 G2's in the front (245/40/R17) and in the rear M&H Drag Radial (275/50/R17). I gotta do Drag Radials just once on this car. I gotta take it to a Drag Strip this summer to see what it can do.

Also what good monotube shocks do you guys recommend?

[Shawn0331]

Are Viking coilovers out of the question? they will pretty much build you whatever you need. They built some for my Javelin and i know another guy building a Jav just got some that had a shorter body to accommodate his lower ride height.

[andrewb70]

Andrew, when you say "Tread ware" do you mean Tread Grade?

I'm looking at going Nitto NT555 G2's in the front (245/40/R17) and in the rear M&H Drag Radial (275/50/R17). I gotta do Drag Radials just once on this car. I gotta take it to a Drag Strip this summer to see what it can do.

Also what good monotube shocks do you guys recommend?

The 275/50-17 tires will make your Camaro look like a dump truck because they are 28" tall. If you want to go drag racing, buy a cheap set of 15" wheels and mount your choice of drag radials on them for when you want to go drag racing.

Otherwise, I would rock these:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires...omCompare1=yes

Andrew

[79-TA]

Andrew, when you say "Tread ware" do you mean Tread Grade?

Treadwear rating, treadwear grade, UTQG . . . the number that gives an estimate for the wear characteristics of the tire. Just don't confuse it with the traction grade characters (like "AA".)

https://blog.tirerack.com/blog/motor...t-do-they-mean

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiret...jsp?techid=48&

[c4racer2]

Toyo over the Falken 615's?

I do like Toyo tires - ran a spec tire series for a few years with NASA that used the RA1 - never ran them on the street and used shaved tires there starting at 4/32" but those worked really well on the track and lasted forever.

[andrewb70]

Toyo over the Falken 615's?

I do like Toyo tires - ran a spec tire series for a few years with NASA that used the RA1 - never ran them on the street and used shaved tires there starting at 4/32" but those worked really well on the track and lasted forever.

I was looking for sizes that Tony wants 245/40-17 front and 275/40-17 rear. The 615 is not available in those sizes, hence the Toyo recommendation.

Andrew

[c4racer2]

oh - missed that. Typical matched size is 245-45-17 and 275-40-17, both 25.6" diameter. 245-40 is more like a 25" tire.