steering, suspension and brake upgrades te7x liftback
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 9:37 am
Hi Guys,
Since I drive quite a lot of classic rallye's I'd like to upgrade some things on the old rock'n'rolla.
My car is a 2T powered DX with drum brakes at the rear and the non-rack & pinion steering at the front.
The most important one in my mind is (front) brakes, since the solid discs don't inspire much confidence.
I've read about swapping over AE86 stuff, but is this valid for my steering/suspension setup?
Second is the suspension, after some 30 years everything is getting a bit old, and since I'll be replacing dampers anyway, why not upgrade. The ride height for starters is close to rediculous, so a I wouldn't mind dropping it an inch or 2 all round. What are some good affordable options to do this?
Finally, the steering. I'd like to have a bit of extra lock if there is an easy way of doing that. not just for the added lock, but also to quicken up the steering a bit. Is this possible with the recirculating ball stuff without swapping the whole thing out?
In the end it seems that swapping the whole front suspension and steering for something like the AE86 one seems like a good idea if the mounting points are the same. However, keep in mind that on this side of the ocean AE86's are very rare and shipping something as large as all that across the ocean would probably be outrageously expensive.
Since I drive quite a lot of classic rallye's I'd like to upgrade some things on the old rock'n'rolla.
My car is a 2T powered DX with drum brakes at the rear and the non-rack & pinion steering at the front.
The most important one in my mind is (front) brakes, since the solid discs don't inspire much confidence.
I've read about swapping over AE86 stuff, but is this valid for my steering/suspension setup?
Second is the suspension, after some 30 years everything is getting a bit old, and since I'll be replacing dampers anyway, why not upgrade. The ride height for starters is close to rediculous, so a I wouldn't mind dropping it an inch or 2 all round. What are some good affordable options to do this?
Finally, the steering. I'd like to have a bit of extra lock if there is an easy way of doing that. not just for the added lock, but also to quicken up the steering a bit. Is this possible with the recirculating ball stuff without swapping the whole thing out?
In the end it seems that swapping the whole front suspension and steering for something like the AE86 one seems like a good idea if the mounting points are the same. However, keep in mind that on this side of the ocean AE86's are very rare and shipping something as large as all that across the ocean would probably be outrageously expensive.