brake and suspension upgrades for 94 chim

[jonny car roll]

i'm thinking about doing a couple of track days next year and really need to be looking at upgrading the suspension and maybe the front brakes.one of my front shocks has started leaking so it needs doing. i don't want to spend silly money so has anyone done this kind of mod recently? whats good,where did you get the parts. thankyou

[AlexB]

I am in the process of doing the same thing....
Brakes: I am going for the Granada Cosworth caliper and Sierra disc (183mm I think) front upgrade - got some calipers from e-bay and am cleaning them up at the moment....The conversion is quite well documented on here and I liked it as the parts can be standard Ford so should be quite cheap unless you start going for upgraded discs and pads etc - I have not done enough track days yet to really push the brakes - If I get that far then I can always upgrade again.
Suspension: I am still a bit lost here, but the main choices for me come down to Gaz, Protech and Racing Red, or Nitrons when I'm feeling rich (so quite rarely). All these seem to come highly recommended and all seem to have people suggesting that other makes are better - I suspect that at my current level of track day skill I won't notice the difference between them, but I am still very tempted by the Nitrons - at least I won't be wondering whether better shocks would help....
Good Luck
Alex

Edited by AlexB on Thursday 9th October 14:10