Complete Front Suspension Rebuild

[Guest thinkmonkey]

While I've got the suspension off I'm tearing it down and rebuilding the whole thing (what the hell, the whole car has ended up like that!). I am planning to convert to coilovers, toyota 4x4 brakes, a thicker anti-roll bar, all polyurethane bushings, and do the bumpsteer adjustment on the front suspension. What other recommendations do you guys have for tightening up the suspension, especially the rear? This is on my 73 240z which did not come with a rear anti-roll bar, but I fear that adding one might lead to some oversteer problems. Mine was converted to an 3.9 R200 rearend beforehand, and I think I'll stick with the u-joint halfshafts and open diff for now. A quaiffe (funny name) may be in the future though. Thanks guys.

 

-David

[JMortensen]

If the car isn't going to be ultra stiff and low, I'd go for the rear sway bar. Even on street tires when you are at a reasonable height and spring rate, the car will still lean quite a bit under hard cornering.

 

For the rear if you're just looking for a sporty ride, go poly on control arms and mustache bar. With the coilovers you mentioned and some good struts, there's not much more to do, unless you want to start changing toe settings, at which point you can go with G Machine bushings or adjustable control arms. For street driving that's probably more trouble than its worth, unless you find that you've got one of John C's newly discovered faulty strut housings. Stock control arms put rear toe right at 0 if I remember correctly, which is where a lot of racers like it.

 

Jon