Hi,
I've got a new-to-me MKIV that I LOVE. What I hate are my NY roads! I don't generally shy away from stiff suspensions, but this car is so stiff that when I go over bumps, especially those "speed bump" type expansions in the road, it launches the car (and its occupants) into the air. I'm mostly worried about that happening mid-turn one day.
It looks like the Koni coil-overs come with 500# up front and 350# in the rear of my solid-axle 3-link. When I use ridetech's online calculator, it's calling for about 275# up front and 225# out back (using their database for weights, not my actual car's weights yet).
My question to you is do you have known combinations that you can recommend as a good starting point? The car is mostly street driven. I LOVE the ride height. I don't know how much travel the wheels have and wonder if that's part of the reason for such a stiff spring from the factory.
Oh, and the car's steering is pretty twitchy, bordering on oversteer. It's got power steering, 17" Nitto NT01's (245 up front and 315 out back) and I have been running them at 19psi all around.
The engine is a 347 with a T5 and 3.55 gears in the solid rear as I said above.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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