My turbo feels a wee bit like a boat nothing compared to my nova on coilovers lol wat suspension and other mods could i do till get really good handling??

 

konis -35mm
powerflex bushes all round
front + rear strut brace
adjustable track control arms
rose joints if u dont mind it being stiff

hope this helps m8
jamie
https://passionford.com/forum/restor...2-project.html

 

Thanks mate were is the best place to get all of that?

 

Adjustable track control arms : www.mefmotorsport.com
OMP do a nice strut brace for the front,demon tweeks sell them.
demon tweeks or carnouisseur will sell the suspension,bushes.and think burton power sell the rose joints.
also m8 dont get any other bushes than the powerflex ones,theyre purple! and the bost dont buy the orange ones of ebay or anything as there shit.
the above setups a good 1300-1400 quids worth tho mate,but will see u cornering on rails lol i should think

 

Thanks very much for your help mate

 

no worries m8,good luck

 

whats wrong with the orange flo-flex badboys i have a complete set from another escort project that i didnt fit!! are they that shit as ive seen a lot of people using them

 

They're not as good quality as the proflex to be honest, you can see why powerflex are more expensive when you look at them compared to the cheaper equivalents.....in regards to your handling question it very much depends on what you want to use the car for as to how to get it to handle i.e a car that is setup to go quickly round a track will be pants on the road!

 

Its for the road mate?

 

guys loads of the thread has dissapeared,there were pics up of the orange ones youve got bigry i did see em in ya pics lol they were mangled on an escos after 600 miles,proper fucked m8.
if you look at the 2 u can see the powerflex are just better quality m8,and you know you get what you pay for at the end of the day.theres a reason that the flowflex ones are half the price of the powerflex

 

i bought a full powerflex set for my grey escort turbo but the car was never finished so i sold the bushes on lol i might just have to buy another set and offload the orange ones

 

lol offload the orange ones,love it m8,least u wont be offloadin em to me as i have powerflex lol

 

For a fast road car i'd say the usual route of koni's with a modest -30mm drop, polybushed and adjustable tca's to reign in the negative camber, with those bits will handle nicely on the road! I've gone down the coilover route after using koni's, and whilst they've made a big difference for what i want (track use) i wouldn't recommend them for anyone wanting a road car only, not worth the hassle, expense etc and they're certainly not overly nice on the road!

 

Ok cheers man

 

True, but that's mostly because of the spring rates chosen?

 

To a degree yes, but unless you're wanting to run stiffer springs etc and want adjustability for track i really can't see any advantage in using coilovers on the road? Imo it's just a waste of money spending the extra money over koni's, and i've had both.

 

fancy offloading them on me as i need some just to last me a few months until i change my total settup

 

you have pm

 

try superflex bit cheaper than powerflex apart from the wishbone ones as they have stainless outer sleaves that make them more like the ford ones hense u are not just relying on the thin sides of the wishbone sat on the bush like powerflex ones

 

looking at gettin some konis for my series 1 whats best adjustable or non adjustable and why

 

if anybody is using polybushes do not use anything other than powerflex.seriously ive took off new poly bushes i bought as they were crap and fitted powerflex.top notch.im now going a step further and fitting mef gear all round,coilovers,adjustable tca's etc.