ok, i'm not a mechanic nor engineer. i have a good foundation of basic automobile configuration. i autocrossed my car several months ago. only upgrade was 245 falken 615's. other than a m3 i was fastest in my class. the most difficult areas and where i lost the most time was in the slalom sections. i let my daughter drive in this most recent cross and watched from the sideline. in the slalom the front end lifts off like an f16. i would like to reduce the roll but i'm not into rebuilding the suspension. anything i do will mean i buy the parts and pay a shop to install. at the same time, if there was one visual i'd love to see, that would be the car lowered. so, would the best bang for my buck be to purchase a set of lowering springs and have them installed. please keep in mind that i DO want to reduce body roll, i DO want to have the car lower, and I am willing to compremise SOME on the street ride, although the 911 and 350 are both a little stiffer than i would like. suggestions please? also, if you could recommend the make and model of the springs that would be most helpful. i'd like to complete this project before the next cross (3 weeks). thanks!!!!

 

All I know is "springs", eibach, teins, swift, I think they're all pretty good but I prefer eibach. Don't have the tech background to answer better. Good luck.

 

How about a front skirt of some kind to prevent front lifting?

 

Was going to say Tien and Eibach, but also was going to say ...

SEARCH!!!!

 

are you serious? a front skirt gonna help prevent lifting at autocross speeds??? you must be on crack

 

^lol! might as well just glue weights to your front

 

Best bang for the buck to reduce body roll probably would be a set of good aftermarket anti-roll (aka, anti-sway bars, panhard bars) bars. I have the Racing Beat bars on my RX-8 and it makes a noticable difference in body roll and steering precision/quickness.

 

^^^^^

correct.

beers

 

You can't improve the RX8's handling.

It's impossible.

 

would the new anti-sways effect the ride quality straightline?

 

Not that you could notice. At least that's my experience with the RB bars.

 

I would go with the full Racing Beat setup. Sways, Springs, and Koni Shocks. This will give you all of what you are looking for.

Beware that the new Swaybars and springs may put you in a different autocross class.

www.racingbeat.com

 

Sway bars are a great option! Check in the suspension section. Funny to see your from Redding, since I graduated from Foothill HS there.

 

I had great results when I went with the Tokico shocks. Much less roll, and easy to adjust for autox versus street setup.

 

If you want zero body roll, go with the progressauto.com sway bars.

 

Completly agree, Just to make sure you stay in the same class, you may want to try just an upgraded front swaybar, and maybe the thicker endlinks from racing beat. If that doesn't get rid of most of the roll you may want to try an ungraded strut bar(or what ever you want to call it)

If your not getting too much roll from the back of the car I wouldn't mess with the rear swaybar unless you need to.

 

well i would think it would be good to replace the rear sway bar also, seeing as there is weight back there too. That would further reduce the body roll and help handling.