General suspension questions

[Mux213]

Just for others who may be interested. I'm far from an expert so take this advise as its given, just my personal opinion.

My setup was 6.25 front, 4.5 rear with stock sway bars and fully adjustable shocks, and I loved it. My personal "feeling by ass" opinion is that anything over that for our light little cars will just end up bouncing all over the place unless you're on a smooth race track which may be the only place going stiffer makes sense (and I've learned that Holland seems to be the only place in the world that may have roads smooth enough to make this acceptable on a road car).

If possible I'd actually go slightly lower and in that contradict what most people seem to be saying, something like 5kg front, 3.5 to 4kg rear and compensate with adjustable sway bars and adjustable shocks depending on whether you are out on the race track, want to do some drifting or are just cruising with the family on the open road.

Having stock sway bars btw for me was simply that I hadn't gotten to that upgrade and they were on the top of my list. Being taken out by Adam over the weekend and him telling me about his experiences with his adjustable sway bars made me appreciate what a proper upgrade this is for your car and it was very interesting to hear what happened to his car when his setup was made to stiff.
Both me and Djexor had a similar experiences with our HTS shocks, setting them anything over half their stiffness and the car would noticeably start loosing grip on anything but a smooth surface.

There is a reason that cars have springs and shocks and its not all comfort, handling isn't about getting the stiffest setup you can find. Its all about finding a balance and keeping in mind what your road conditions are.

So far my two cents.