Upgrading the standard coil-overs for road use.
Discussion
Is there a worthwhile, value for money, upgrade to the standard Bilstein/Einbach coilover setup for road use on a Chimaera.
Ideally, I would like an adjustable setup so that both ride height and shocks can be fine tuned over time to get the best compromise between handling and dental preservation and then leave it alone - I don’t want to be servicing no-compromise setups every couple of years. However, if the factory setup can’t be significantly improved without chasing the laws of diminishing returns, I can live with that - I just don’t want to miss the opportunity for a worthwhile upgrade.
I’ve recently acquired the car with 80k on the clock but enough slack in the price to justify lifting the current 3.9 to a 4.6L Warrior upgrade and induction package from V8 Developments and an ACT end-to-end exhaust upgrade. The chassis’s good and replacing bushes is a given, I now just need to get the very tired suspension sorted before I get it re-trimmed.
The car will never see a track day, but it will need to survive urban road surfaces before it reaches open country and once or twice a year it’ll be making trips to the Languedoc in the South of France. In other words I want to get the best out of what I think is potentially a great all round open top sports car - not develop it as a race or trackday car.
Ideally, I would like an adjustable setup so that both ride height and shocks can be fine tuned over time to get the best compromise between handling and dental preservation and then leave it alone - I don’t want to be servicing no-compromise setups every couple of years. However, if the factory setup can’t be significantly improved without chasing the laws of diminishing returns, I can live with that - I just don’t want to miss the opportunity for a worthwhile upgrade.
I’ve recently acquired the car with 80k on the clock but enough slack in the price to justify lifting the current 3.9 to a 4.6L Warrior upgrade and induction package from V8 Developments and an ACT end-to-end exhaust upgrade. The chassis’s good and replacing bushes is a given, I now just need to get the very tired suspension sorted before I get it re-trimmed.
The car will never see a track day, but it will need to survive urban road surfaces before it reaches open country and once or twice a year it’ll be making trips to the Languedoc in the South of France. In other words I want to get the best out of what I think is potentially a great all round open top sports car - not develop it as a race or trackday car.
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