Mr2 mk1 suspension setup

BR series coilovers provide a strong, complete and attractive coilover system at a great price. Find anything you need. Sign In Register View cart. Item added to cart! Which generation MR2? Chor T. Easy install! Great product! I would absolutely recommend to all other MR2 owners. The car was using stock suspension when I bought it and it would bounce so much.

In the same respect, it's better to use a coil over system since OEM shock stroke isn't adequate when compression rate is reduced, causing full-bump when tires hit road irregularity. That's important especially on vehicles using lowered spring. Also, when choosing coil-over systems, try to find one that has extended-stroke shell casing, that has longer suspension travel than OEM.

This way even lowered cars can be had with proper stroke necessary for good handling. By following the above, the initial understeer should be reduced to a much more predictable level.

Now the next step will be to balance the spring rates and shocks for easier directional inputs, or simply better handling. On street radials 4. On the dampers, contrary to the soft compression necessary, you need one with stiff rebound characteristics.

Once the front is down and giving good weight transfer for accurate steering, you don't want it to come back up too fast. Keeping the nose down for most of the turning phase keeps the car controllable with the steering wheel, counter-steers become more effective and natural. The camber can be modified to no more than 1.

The front sway bars also need not be replaced Next the rear suspension needs to be adjusted to make what you did in the front come to life. First, though, you should look at the brake balance. This way, the front brakes will be used more for turning, and the rears more biased for slowing. The inherent nature of the AW11's compact body and engine placement, the rear control arms had to be shorter than desirable. This creates a situation where the rear camber alignment change is too excessive when the car rolled from side to side.

A natural way to suppress this effect is to make the car exhibit less roll in the rear by using stiffer springs and dampers progressively balanced. By using stiffer springs in the rear, the suspension will make less weight transfer and at the same time, making the loss of adhesion at rear more predictable and controllable.

On cars with T-bar rooftops, a roll cage should be used with such stiff springs, so the body doesn't give in and create more stroke at even more unpredictable camber changes. So far I am very happy with this setup. It as proved itself to me on the track, during autoX, and on the street.

Amazed at how well the pretty cheap S. Drives handle. Actually have more problems with them doing autoX than on the track. What do you guys think?

Don't just call me dumb for 9's!! I think it looks great, with the flares would def look flush. Be sure to post an updated pic when its done!