what suspension

[Morton]

im building a rally car . lowering the car 40mm
im not allowed coilovers and need to know the best suspension to buy i was think bilsteins not the black ones but the dearer yellow ones but they are 500 without springs .. is ther anything just as good that will take alot off abuse for rallying ?????

[Stuart]

Bilstein Yellows :)

other stuff might take the abuse short term but will need replacing more often then the yellows

[George g]

Bilstein yellow all the way. They can be had for around 100 off eBay second hand, then 30ish a strut for a rebuild by bilstein. Or get 40mm inserts and modify standard struts, but that takes some work...

What type of rally car you doing? Unless its a tarmac car, lowering is not usually a good option as the sump guard takes a battering otherwise.

My road rally car is raised 10 - 20 mm on mk2 escort forest springs to cope with the Derbyshire gravel whites.

[Morton]

its a nova rally car mate ...its ostly tarmac r concert lanes on the stages with a couple of events held on gravel .. yeah im nt so sure on the lowering myself but ive talked to people who r currently doin the clas im entering or have alot of experience and knw how about it and they all said go down 30mm all round ..

[George g]

Fair play. The best thing I found was to talk to some of the class leaders to find out what they are running and see what they would recommend (they might be running proflex though...), if they recommend lowering then its probably the right thing to do. They might even have some suspension for sale.

You done any before?

[Morton]

no no im just starting out im 15..entering class1 1.2 nova (cup) ill only be doin it for a year until i can move up tp 1600ccturbo or 1800 non turbo ..ive had my engine fully tuned for 575 .. i should be competitive ..

[George g]

Has the championship got a website mate?

[Morton]

yeah yeah its alltrack ..heres the link its like circuit rallying :) its the only thing i can do in northern ireland untill im old enough to get a rally leicense
http://www.protosport.co.uk/rsa/