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I run spacers, but I have 7/16" wheel studs that can pretty much hold anything.

I would like to think a lot has changed in the last 5 years. I do appreciate the input though, thanks for chiming in!

Find my build thread on here, most of the turbo stuff is on there. I realize that I actually don't think I ever got a picture of my blower exhaust. It was just your basic dual exhaust on a v8 Z though

Too much weight transfer was my issue there hahahahah. We got the car a little more stable now, but I'm about to add another 400hp so its gonna get hectic again I'm sure. Exhaust on my blower or turbo setup? Blower was duals out the back from shorties. Turbo is a split exhaust, I have a 4.5" dumped downpipe with a cap, and a 3.5" full length exhaust with a muffler. (I need to extend it though, it fills the car with fumes on decel atm.

What Brakes are you running? 16" rims really limit you to a few tires

Thanks man, if you have any questions feel free to ask! Short 4 links like ours can be a bit of a headache to setup right

Probably gonna end up being 4 of us circlejerking

Hating on my look I see! I have no flares though, tucked it all in.

Seriously, its rough at best. Stupid filters. And who the hell drag races a Z? They don't even have a subforum for it!

Looks good, very similar to my back half. Welcome to the club

Road racers are the friendliest aren't they? Sounds like the dude was a bit of an idiot, as well as sounds like he didn't spec his valving like I will with whatever shock I do go with. Is that your only experience with the stance stuff?

Ok. These were the pro comp series shocks you saw not the super sports?

You changed your post. As to the original, I've been 100% respectful of the opinions and feelings here so thank you for changing it. I'm not jumping into anything, but 5-12k for front suspension on a drag/street car is probably a bit overkill for my car. I did look into every option that has been presented so far, and whatever my decision is, it will be based on whatever info I can glean. As for your attitude, I do feel like you're extremely negative towards the stance upper end stuff without actually seeing it in action. If it was just skepticism, then pretty much everyone misread you since I'm not the only one that saw it as I did obviously.

With your obvious negative outlook and skepticism, I wouldn't be interested in doing that with you either in their position. You aren't exactly impartial, but I understand why. There are a lot of fly by night coilover companies out there, and its easy to lump them all in the same category. Remember, 95% of the miatas with stance coilovers you see have their base model shock/spring combo that is made to compete in that price range. The shocks I am looking at are a step or three above those. If I do use stance for my suspension, what dyno tests would you like done? They have an in house shock dyno, and said they will be testing mine to confirm the valving I request. Maybe I can have them dyno my shocks and request the results so that people can see? At this point, I'm fairly impartial, but I'm hesitant to condemn a company so quickly that after talking to in length, shows quite a bit of knowledge and ability in their product. I'll talk to Feal as well, see what they can offer me, Thank you for the suggestions! Not gonna bother looking into $5000 coilovers for a drag car though, since honestly its WAY out of the range that I need. At this point, my setup "works" but I want to fine tune a lot more out of it for a reasonable amount of money.

The big downside of the JCI kit vs the CX is shorty headers vs long tubes. If you want a decent amount of NA power, those headers will constrict you quite a bit. As for turbo routing on a JCI mount set? I've got two exhausts, one to the back and one out the side with mine. And I run a pretty powerful setup.

Jesus, that's a bit out of my range. I'm just a student with a good job so that is way too much for what I'm looking to do

I'll give them a call today. Penske was my other possible option from what I can tell. Do you remember what was involved to fit it into a 240z? Did they supply the mounting hardware?

We still want compression adjustment, just the rebound is critical. The main issue is my car needs a lot more rebound than most so it will most likely need a custom valved shock either way. The Koni is pretty reasonable but after getting it revalved, and with the lack of dampening adjustment it isn't really a viable option.

No offense taken. Mostly since on a single adjustable like I have now, if you turn rebound up, compression goes up with it. If my car has a lot of compression, it's probably going to bounce when it touches back down and the front end which is not going to be good for keeping the car settled which is pretty important now that I'm moving into the 1200hp range. We want to keep the car as smooth as possible on both transitions and keep the weight transfer slow. John, you did a penske triple before didn't you? Have any info on that?

Yeah, everything forward of my Solid axle suspension is factory Z stuff. The issue I run into my car is that it wants to either do massive dangerous wheelstands, or I can't leave hard enough for it. I generally 60' in the mid 1.3s which is terrible for this suspension. The turbo change from the blower hurt my 60' quite a bit, since I had to get used to launching it quite a bit differently. One of the issues I have currently is when I launch the front tires are off the ground for 10-20 feet or so, and the front shocks will fully extend to the limiters quickly. When this happens, it unsettles the cars and I spin quite a bit while the front end is still in the air. I need something that has a VERY stiff rebound setting to try to slow that shock travel and remove the impact of extension. This is pretty much the opposite of the old "90/10" shock settings, which when used with my car would cause it to flip over quite easily. (Short wheelbase is a bit of a PITA) I actually have a guy that is setting up my suspension (Good friend, does the suspension tuning on a few 2000-3000hp drag cars, and for some reason likes my car), so I am relaying what he wants for the car and the reasoning behind it. He knows his stuff without question, and I trust him to steer me right.

I totally understand your statemement. I spent a long time quizzing them on what they offer, and what I need. It seems like they can accomodate my needs, and they are eager to try something different like my car. They have been doing a lot of drag racing stuff lately, and seem to have very nice products. I'm not going to be buying a base level setup, this would be their Pro Comp 2 shocks, valved to the exact numbers that I want, and tested on their in house shock dyno. My suspension guy has very exact specs that he wants on the shocks, and they seem to be able to meet that. As for the Miata crowd.... I had a miata for a long time. That crowd is 45% Old guys that only think the car should be stock or have $10k ohlins suspension otherwise it was dumb, 50% Drift/"stance" style kiddies that just want a low car, and 5% reasonable people. I breathed a sigh of relief when I sold that car just so I didn't have to interact with the community anymore. I did drive a miata with a set of stance coilovers and it really wasnt bad at all. It actually handled quite well, and seemed to be a very responsive shock. I need a shock that can do an extremely tight rebound for my car, and they are up to the task. I'd rather not graft in mustang suspension for the car, Ohlins is insanely expensive, Penske is really nice but will involve a lot of fab work, Bilstein just doesn't offer something at the level I'm looking for, and most the other companies don't really have something that would work ideally. That being said, I would love to hear other suggestions, I haven't bought anything yet, but I'm heavily leaning towards Stance at this point.

He did, but I'm a bit short on part #s or adapter info. I just talked to Stance as recommended by Sakura Garage, and I think I found a great solution with them

Nobody has done anything similar to this? Or none of the guys with custom shock setups (that aren't just drop in cartridges) have any pictures?

So I'm looking to go DA on my Z, but for a different reason than usual on here. I have a car that is a drag./street car, and I would like to be able to adjust rebound separately from dampening, and hopefully stiffen up my rebound SIGNIFICANTLY. Ive seen that there are a few options, ranging from drop in Konis (Old tech, not the greatest setup) to penske triple adjustables. I can't find any pictures of the penskes installed or something similar to compare with. I would like a shock that I can get custom valved for my needs too. I'm not a casual racer, this car is currently the record holder for an LS powered 240z with an 8.7, and this year we are going to start going for the RIPz record (Don't know if thats the actual fastest 240z record still, but its a starting point) so I would like something that works well, and is safe at 175mph trap speeds. Any info would be great. I've searched a bunch and founds some really old threads but nothing more recent and not a lot of info on how to fit the more complicated setups. Thank you!

Yeah, my bars are really short. I don't remember exactly and the car is halfway across the country but I want to say 28" long? Just make sure you use a kit with a LOT of adjustment and you should be fine. I don't know how long my axle is, we used a rear that was originally made for my buddies Opal, and ended up fitting perfectly. I run a 15x10 Wheel, and can run anything up to a 28x10.5W tire. We built the tubs that way on my car. Gonna probably try a 29" tire this year if it fits to stretch out the launch and mph a bit.