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Red
12-12-2003, 05:32 PM
I need info on the BEST spring for me... I want the BEST spring for Road racing and Drifting. I don't care if it’s a comfy ride... I here stiffer is better for drifting... But I don’t know about road course? Same?

1st you must know I have 18x8.5's 32 offset on the front and 18x10's 40 offset on the back... End up near flush...

With these sizes means no coilovers yet... :(

So normal springs...

The Tein S.Tech were looking good... But after a look up at the Tein site... Zilvia has bad info on this spring for my car... S14 sprigs from their site are.

NISSAN 240SX
S14 95-98 STECH SKP06-AUB00
Front rate 3.8/212lb Rear rate 3.5/196lb
Front drop -1.3 Rear drop -0.9

Not quite as cool as the Zilvia one.

Tein S.Tech
Front = 4.8 kg/mm | 269 lb/in
Rear = 4.4 kg/mm | 246 lb/in

Ohh and I looked for a place to buy the Heavyest load spring... I cant find one that sells it... So if you got links to the best one.. Send it my way.



Well here is the info that Zilvia has on there site for my car...

S14 springs

KGMM DR21
Front = 4.8-3.0 kg/mm | 269-168 lb/in
Rear = 4.0-2.8 kg/mm | 224-157 lb/in

KGMM DR21 Racing (Silver/Gold)
Front = 6.6-3.2 kg/mm | 370-179 lb/in
Rear = 5.2-2.4 kg/mm | 291-134 lb/in

RSR Hard Springs
Front = 5.0 kg/mm | 280 lb/in
Rear = 4.2 kg/mm | 235 lb/in

TANABE SuperH
Front = 3.0 kg/mm | 168 lb/in | -28mm
Rear = 4.0 kg/mm | 224 lb/in | -9mm

TANABE DF210 (Dress Form)
Front = 4.7 kg/mm | 263 lb/in | -30to -40mm
Rear = 4.7 kg/mm | 263 lb/in | -15 to -25mm

TANABE GF210 (Grip Feeling)
Front = 2.8 kg/mm | 157 lb/in | -30to -40mm
Rear = 3.0 kg/mm | 168 lb/in | -15 to -25mm

TRUST Sport Springs
Front = 2.6 kg/mm | 146 lb/in | -25mm
Rear = 2.6 kg/mm | 146 lb/in | -25mm

HKS Super Sports
Front = 4.14 kg/mm | 232 lb/in
Rear = 3.46 kg/mm | 194 lb/in

Tein S.Tech
Front = 4.8 kg/mm | 269 lb/in
Rear = 4.4 kg/mm | 246 lb/in


Thanks for help in advance.

Yeah yeah yeah the 18's are my Bling wheels. :bow:

SilviaSR20DET
12-14-2003, 01:22 AM
I just got on the tanabe sustec 2 inch drop on my car and it outperforms the eibach sportlines i had before. It corners flat now and far more less body roll even on stock shocks. I highly recommend you get this spring you wont be disappointed.

Yoshi
12-14-2003, 03:10 AM
if u want a full race/drift setup, is there some reason in particular that your even considering springs over full coils?:confused:

Chernobyl
12-15-2003, 12:50 AM
RSR race springs. 5kg front, 4.5 rear...

www.turboimport.com has them on sale right now.

You'll be looking for some nice dampers to run springs that hard though. I'm going to get Koni adjustables for mine...

Btw, the spring rate info in zilvia's faq doesn't say which s-tech spring that is for. If I'm not mistaken, there are a few different s-techs with harder and softer rates. They sell the soft ones in the US. Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

legin2
12-15-2003, 03:11 AM
my buddie has a full cusco set of coilover strut set with all the camber links and it rides pretty nice and handles amazing. it bught be a little pricey.

Red
12-15-2003, 01:47 PM
About the full coilover system...

As far as I have heard... I think my wheels are a bit to wide and would rub on a coilover system... I have 235's front and 265's rear...

I do have plans in the futur to get wide fenders all the way around... And eather Space my wheels or get new ones.

But I'm not going to do any bodie mods untill I have all the bodie mods ready to install... (I hate bodiework) I only want to do it once...

Anyways springs are cheep... I'm paying for school with cash right now so I'm a little low on fun $$