^ Dont bother, anyone who has played with the stock honda carbs will tell you all they acheived was sepending lots of money and ending up with an engine that used more fuel, ran worse and didnt go any faster.
Would be better off getting a manifold made up and using something like twin 38mm side draught Webers, or something.
Should fit fine as long as you are low. I have camber correction on the back meaning I only have -.5degrees camber rather than the -3.9 it had on stock camber arms. Even with almost no camber the 15x8" +30 just fit
Heres a few photos of a cruise my mates and i went on. Was so suprised.. the shuttle was more powerful than the e30.. lol.
I still want to take it lower, at the moment its as low as the adjuties will take it, but apparently i can get some keeper spings to take it lower, if i could get an inch lower that would be about perfect.
Anyway heres a few photos that my friend Chris took.
Andrew, you used EF koni's with sleeves and keeper springs, with 25mm extended fronts and 50mm rears correct?
Id say you would need sleeves and 50 fronts and 75mm rears if thats the case? I'm putting my in the front with 50mm extended top hat, so i'll see how I go Can get them modded to suit regardless
^ Yea cant remember exact measurements on tophats, they are in my build thread. Front has no keepers and can go about 25mm lower, rear is running keepers and is as low as it can go.
He is running XYZ coilovers though, are you sure they are for EF? sounds like they might be EG ones if thats as low as they go? You should be able to wind the bottom section of the shock body up to meet the spring perch so that way your spring stays captive and you go low
So get 4 30mm tophats made and put them in, if it's too low then you can adjust the bottom adjuster a bit higher to suit Also means if you have to raise it 20mm for cert, you can easily, then winde them back down again afterwards :P
But for koni's/normal shocks probably 30-40mm front and 60-80mm rears at a guess would be the go id say? Im doing 50mm front and 90mm rear so I'll see how it goes for mine at least. Might have to raise it and put in like 30 and 70mm if it's too low however
oh true, well i emailed the company i bought them off to see what options they would have to take my car lower and they suggested softer springs, but that just seems like the expensive way to go to me, i like the idea of extended tophats because then id just get like 70mm ones made so i can go super low and then i can just wind them back up when its just impractical.
Do you have any suggestions of where to get these made?
Any engineer shop can make them, you will need to supply your OEM ones from your stock suspension, search the suspension section of this forum and there is a "how to" for making them.
Softer springs wont lower your car just make it handle worse as the struts will not be valved for them.
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Would be better off getting a manifold made up and using something like twin 38mm side draught Webers, or something.
Got the new shocks in yesterday, still rides at the same hight (for now) but its so much stiffer! i feel every inperfection in the road.. :P
So by next friday i will have lowered it and put on my rims, then i will post some more pics of it
are you going NIMM? coz me and Chris (rti intrac) is planning to convoy to taupo wid the shuttles.
EF lowering springs with DA perches on shuttle shocks lowers it like my shuttle
This is the rear? When i put EF lowering springs on Shuttle rear shocks they are uncaptive by about 100mm
Oh and im not going to NIMM because ill be lowering my car that day and i cant afford the petrol money haha, damn registration..
My 15x8" +35et wheels with 195/55 tyres and 5mm spacers fit on the front with heaps of room
I wanted big stretch but it wasnt as much as i was hoping for... still look better than all other wheel sets ive owed :P
Yeah your shuttle looks really nice man, i just read through your build thread
Look forward to seeing yours low and on the new wheels. Good to see so many NZ Shuttles, 3 years ago when I got mine there was none
I still want to take it lower, at the moment its as low as the adjuties will take it, but apparently i can get some keeper spings to take it lower, if i could get an inch lower that would be about perfect.
Anyway heres a few photos that my friend Chris took.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-93-94-95-CIV ... 3f04c0532a
Id say you would need sleeves and 50 fronts and 75mm rears if thats the case? I'm putting my in the front with 50mm extended top hat, so i'll see how I go
He is running XYZ coilovers though, are you sure they are for EF? sounds like they might be EG ones if thats as low as they go? You should be able to wind the bottom section of the shock body up to meet the spring perch so that way your spring stays captive and you go low
Those exact ones would fit my shuttle then?
i would like to take it about 30mm lower all around, how far do keeper springs averagely lower it?
But for koni's/normal shocks probably 30-40mm front and 60-80mm rears at a guess would be the go id say? Im doing 50mm front and 90mm rear so I'll see how it goes for mine at least. Might have to raise it and put in like 30 and 70mm if it's too low however
Do you have any suggestions of where to get these made?
Softer springs wont lower your car just make it handle worse as the struts will not be valved for them.
Keen! after the 25th? thats when i finish my exams haha..