Z32 Uprights On S14 w/ Bilstein Shocks

[guitaraholic]

I ran into this while looking for an alternative to doing coilovers with Z32 uprights.

Feeler - Custom Bilstein/GC set up for S14 - Nissan Road Racing Forums (http://nissanroadracing.com/showthread.php?t=1164)

He stated he used Bilstein Z32 shocks and mearly removed the 2" spacer (haven't got a clue what spacer he is talking about). This allowed the shocks to be used on and S14. Anyone else hear anything on this.



BTW, I am currently looking into R33 (AWD) Konis, but I am not sure I can get them at an un-overly inflated price.

[KansaiDrifter]

Not sure on S14, but on my S13 track car I run that setup with JIC's, looks like this...

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/rh4motorsports/Vivid%20Drifter/106_2217.jpg

[guitaraholic]

I believe on an S13 you can just run Z32 shocks. But on the S14 they are like 4" too short. IIRC

[95KA-Turbo]

That's my old thread on there.

Unlike most people on that forum I was looking to build a suspension set up that would slam the car, have good valving, and run Z32 rear uprights. My thinking on the situation was I could already have the car a good 2-2.5 inches lower by running those shocks instead of S14 shocks, and I would have the full shock travel too.

I had Tim (Wiisass on NRR) spec out a custom valving for my car (I too some measurements for him and corner weighted the car). Bilstein did the actual valving an removal of the spacer (they charge 65 bucks a shock to "custom valve" them and they'll remove the spacer for that fee as well).

Basically if you run the Z32 rear shock with the spacer removed, and a 3000GT front shock in a chopped up/modified front strut housing you can dump the car very easily.



I'm not even sure what you're asking. I asked a shit ton of questions about this set up on NRR, I'm not sure if you tried searching on there or not. I never got the set up installed and sold it to a guy in NC who hasn't installed it yet either. I had to wait a good 6-8 months for the shocks to get valved and got laid off in that time period so I couldn't afford to do everything I wanted.