sry110's 2006 Z
#66
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Car looks great. Really like the wheel choices throughout your journey.
Quick question... how was the comfort level or ride quality of the hotchkis springs? I know you mentioned earlier that the coilovers are a bit less jarring. I've currently got the s-techs at a much higher spring rate and the ride is too stiff for me. Looking at the hotchkis for a softer, less jarring ride...
Quick question... how was the comfort level or ride quality of the hotchkis springs? I know you mentioned earlier that the coilovers are a bit less jarring. I've currently got the s-techs at a much higher spring rate and the ride is too stiff for me. Looking at the hotchkis for a softer, less jarring ride...
#67
Car looks great. Really like the wheel choices throughout your journey.
Quick question... how was the comfort level or ride quality of the hotchkis springs? I know you mentioned earlier that the coilovers are a bit less jarring. I've currently got the s-techs at a much higher spring rate and the ride is too stiff for me. Looking at the hotchkis for a softer, less jarring ride...
Quick question... how was the comfort level or ride quality of the hotchkis springs? I know you mentioned earlier that the coilovers are a bit less jarring. I've currently got the s-techs at a much higher spring rate and the ride is too stiff for me. Looking at the hotchkis for a softer, less jarring ride...
As far as I can remember, the Hotchkis springs felt about the same as the stock springs. For whatever it's worth, I have a 2006 which had revised rear shocks (among other things? not sure) versus 2003-2005 and to my knowledge Hotchkis never revised their springs accordingly. I think the end result was that the Hotchkis rear springs ended up being softer than the stock 2006 rear springs, so it was not really an upgrade in the handling department. If I had to do it again, I would have just saved up and bought coilovers from the start.
#75
I like the idea of a front-mounted, centrifugal type supercharger because it's essentially a bolt-on installation so up-front labor cost is down, and it can be tuned conservatively get me to the ~400 HP mark (I think? again, no real research done) without having to replace any of the stock engine internals. A new clutch will be inevitable regardless of which direction I go, but I don't really like the stock clutch anyway so I'm just looking for an excuse to change it. I'm ruling out single turbo....been there done that in my old DD (2004 STi), which was a blast to drive but I would really rather have all my torque at lower engine speed. And a twin setup is just so invasive and inherently less reliable, I imagine, than a conservative SC setup that I would rather not embark down that path.
Last edited by sry110; 08-21-2013 at 11:55 AM.
#79
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Very nice, well cared for..somebody will be very happy!
#80
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Interestingly, Steve's was one of the first cars I saw on this site when I joined just a few years ago. It always remains a model for "subtle and clean" for me. Sorry Steve, didn't mean to give you any seller's remorse. Lookit it this way... you'll have plenty of time for car stuff after grad school.
Then again, I thought I would too but then search engines and the web came along (with kids in the mix) and that theory went out the window. Haha. No regrets though.
Then again, I thought I would too but then search engines and the web came along (with kids in the mix) and that theory went out the window. Haha. No regrets though.
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