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Originally Posted by GaleForce No confirmed date for install. Sasha just completed the first turbo kit install with piping made from his jigs. He was happy with the results and

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No confirmed date for install. Sasha just completed the first turbo kit install with piping made from his jigs. He was happy with the results and will be welding up pipe like a madman now. I should have the kit any time I suppose. That's why I'm scrambling to get my basement finished like yesterday. Then it will be garage time for daddy

What internals are you going with? BC? Wiseco?
Not certain... I do know that we are looking at a few options concerning CP ratio and boost levels.. we want to do a few dyno pulls and make a target of ~1200rwhp...
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Sorry for getting back to you so late.

I dropped on Tanabe springs and had camber arms installed. The drop was supposed to be about 0.75" in front and 0.5" in the rear, but ended-up more like 1.10" in the front and 0.85" in the rear.

I basically had no shock damping and the car would literally skip over bumps. In fact, the cruise I went on yesterday, I had taken the same route back in February with the old set-up. The difference was night and day. Instead of skipping over the washboard, I just drove right over it and was much faster and comfortable through the tight turns.

I realize a Swift drop may have turned-out better, but for where I drive, I really need more ride height instead of less. Keep in mind I have a Nismo nose on my car, and that makes a huge difference in negotiating slopes.

As I stated in my original post, these are my experiences on the roads where I live. If I was back in Louisiana where I originally came from, a lot of this would not have been an issue. For example, the transition from the street to my old drive was perfectly horizontal, no valley to traverse like I do now.
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No confirmed date for install. Sasha just completed the first turbo kit install with piping made from his jigs. He was happy with the results and will be welding up pipe like a madman now. I should have the kit any time I suppose. That's why I'm scrambling to get my basement finished like yesterday. Then it will be garage time for daddy

What internals are you going with? BC? Wiseco?
the pics he posted are nice parts p0rn
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Sorry for getting back to you so late.

I dropped on Tanabe springs and had camber arms installed. The drop was supposed to be about 0.75" in front and 0.5" in the rear, but ended-up more like 1.10" in the front and 0.85" in the rear.

I basically had no shock damping and the car would literally skip over bumps. In fact, the cruise I went on yesterday, I had taken the same route back in February with the old set-up. The difference was night and day. Instead of skipping over the washboard, I just drove right over it and was much faster and comfortable through the tight turns.

I realize a Swift drop may have turned-out better, but for where I drive, I really need more ride height instead of less. Keep in mind I have a Nismo nose on my car, and that makes a huge difference in negotiating slopes.

As I stated in my original post, these are my experiences on the roads where I live. If I was back in Louisiana where I originally came from, a lot of this would not have been an issue. For example, the transition from the street to my old drive was perfectly horizontal, no valley to traverse like I do now.
thanks for sharing. not sure about those springs but I think most say swifts improve handling/road comfort. you're with kenchan's school of thought- stock height is plenty enough


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on stock height, less headache on alignment.

And the stock ride height is not bad, especially if you drive the Z as a DD
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a bit lol taking it slow, as i dont want to make things "worse" lol.
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