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cheers guys, Ill check out the site. Im not really after the hotwires, I want a three piece racing wheel, more the oldschool drift look.
Thanks

I am after SSR Mesh 14x7 or 14x7.5 wheels or any other oldschool wheels. Im in NZ but happy to import if I have to.
Thanks
Quinn

Hey JD welcome. Where are you from? If you go to the "tech section" and look under the different catigories such as motor and driveline, suspention and wheels you should see a lot of pics and text which should help give you a reasonable idea of which setups will work and what questions to ask.
Good luck.
Quinn

yep Im from NZ. theres actually quite a few of us on here.

What is the max width you can fit under a sedan with out flares? Ive rolled the gaurds and I need to get the best/most amount of grip I can, say 14s with 215s? And by the way Matty what is that pic? it looks like a severed hand?!@!

thanks guys I dont want to have stuff on my car just for the sake of saying 'I run a panhard' But I ran treaded tires (Toyo RA1s) on the track and in hard cornering I noticed the axle moving side-to-side quite a bit, that was with 13x5.5s running 185x60x13s and Im going to be running 205 so I need a panhard. Hey Rallytwit how much difference did you find the anti-role bar made? do you run an lsd? I want to be able to do a few trackdays and Im becoming very interested in drag racing so a few runs down the strip will be had. I know a few of the escort guys deleaf the rear and run one strong leaf to cut down on weight.

I saw the springs and shocks on this site they looked real nice and I can see how they would help with axle tramp by having the half spring but how do they stop sideways movement? Surely you would still need a panhard. Has anyone gone to coil-overs in the rear of a sedan?

I raced a 1200 coupe for a year and a half. There were two other people also racing coupes at the same time as me, both with different powerplants. I had a hot 1200, one had a very hot 1400 and the other ran a 4age. All of us ran uprated rear springs and good shocks, nothing more. Im now putting a hot 4agze into my two door sedan and Ive been looking around for trick rear suspention to get the power to the ground and very few (infact almost no one) seem to be running panhard rods, anti tramp bars, swaybars or any other links. WHY? is it just because the cars so light it doesnt need much controling? Or are there only a few people who see the importance of a well located rear end?

about 10 months ago i went to look at a 1200 coupe for sale in a local trader. It was quite a nice car with some good hot up bits. While inspecting for rust i noticed the floor was all rumpled and buckled like some one had taken to it with the fork end of a hammer. he explained that the day he picked it up he was driving down the motorway when a mazda 323 dohc turbo gave him a go so they started racing and some where above 160kph his drive shaft let go about a foot back from the gear box. He said the back of the car flew up about two feet and the front foot of the drive shaft continued to spin and smash into the floor until it fell out and smashed into the rear wheel. mean while the rear end of the drive shaft continued to thrash around under the back of the car. He said he has no idea how he didn't spin or flip but he had spent about two weeks panel beating the floor and it still looked like ####. Since then I always change universal joints as soon as they start to make noise or develop play.