What company makes all kinds of handling parts
#21
09-10-2014, 10:26 AM
Our shop has built a few trackable GDs and some outright ridiculous GEs (for a professional 1600cc race series).
Item one for making a huge difference are spherical steel bushings instead of the factory rubber...at ALL suspension points. Realign...instant razor handling improvement. Might be too harsh for a street car but all the bolt on stuff in the world isn't gonna fix the problem of stock gooey suspension bushings. The Fit is really stiff for a hatchback (and not that light), so I recommend fixing that particular item, then working on springs, dampers and tires next. I know they seem really stiff and precise, but once the tires are sticky and spring rates go up, the main enemy of quick and consistent lapping will be the craptastic stock bushings. It's like having thick mittens on and trying to be a surgeon.
Item one for making a huge difference are spherical steel bushings instead of the factory rubber...at ALL suspension points. Realign...instant razor handling improvement. Might be too harsh for a street car but all the bolt on stuff in the world isn't gonna fix the problem of stock gooey suspension bushings. The Fit is really stiff for a hatchback (and not that light), so I recommend fixing that particular item, then working on springs, dampers and tires next. I know they seem really stiff and precise, but once the tires are sticky and spring rates go up, the main enemy of quick and consistent lapping will be the craptastic stock bushings. It's like having thick mittens on and trying to be a surgeon.
#22
09-10-2014, 11:20 AM
user on here De36 filled his stock rear ale bushings and front control arm bushings and said it made a VAST difference in how the car felt.
I would avoid spherical if a daily car.
I wish someone would come up with an offset rear bushing to take up the toe and camber changes from lowering
I would avoid spherical if a daily car.
I wish someone would come up with an offset rear bushing to take up the toe and camber changes from lowering
#24
09-10-2014, 09:38 PM
energy suspension does allow you to custom order bushings. I wonder if they have gotten enough calls to justify making available sets.
Who has some downtime? Im gonna send them an email within the next few days (just got back from work and drinking a beer lol)
Who has some downtime? Im gonna send them an email within the next few days (just got back from work and drinking a beer lol)
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