Jvab vs the world
Posted by Fclevelandwrx
Foard Cleveland Mod Moderator Location: Clover South Carolina, USA Join Date: 10/03/2013 Age: Party Animal Posts: 85 Rally Car: 2001 ZX3 |
Matthew Conte Infallible Moderator Location: St. Louis, MO Join Date: 06/27/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 257 Rally Car: 1991 Subaru Legacy Turbozzzzzz |
Tony P Infallible Moderator Location: Alberta, Canada Join Date: 08/21/2010 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 149 Rally Car: MK2 Golf |
John Vanlandingham Junior Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Foard Cleveland Mod Moderator Location: Clover South Carolina, USA Join Date: 10/03/2013 Age: Party Animal Posts: 85 Rally Car: 2001 ZX3 |
David Barrett Elite Moderator Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: 10/21/2011 Age: Settling Down Posts: 216 |
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Paulinho Ferreira Ultra Moderator Location: Charlotte, NC Join Date: 03/15/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 721 Rally Car: Honda Civic |
Mike Reilly Senior Moderator Location: York, Maine Join Date: 01/01/2011 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 3 Rally Car: Ford Focus ZX3 |
As much as possible... which considering it's a focus is probably only about 4 inches.... there's a joke in there somewhere. 
Seriously though. We have 3 focuses in our garage. Tyler runs Hotbits on his 2004 SVT and has had pretty good luck. Peter Reilly and team are good guys and I know Tyler has been very happy with them. Erik Potts runs a 2001 ZX3 which had DMS when he bought it... which he broke a few times... (2 of this first 3 rallys) so he then bought a set of used Proflex from me. He has had very good luck with them (as did I). I have a 2005 ZX3 and have run AST's in the past and am now running Proflex. The AST's we had some issues with initially, but we eventually got everything sorted out... by beefing them up in key areas. We are now running a new Proflex set up (which we love) that were made 4 inches longer to give us more suspension travel. This required us to modify a bunch of other stuff (control arms etc.) We now run front knuckles in the rear as we wanted to convert to a McPherson design to eliminate the issues we have had with rear suspension failure with the stock set up. The failures were not due to the coil overs but rather the manner in which they attach to the stock rear suspension. I have talked to John and he obviously knows his shit! I have also heard great things from people who run his stuff. I think he provides ton of bang for the buck. If I were starting out I would go that direction vs the other stuff I have seen available in that price range. As far as a more adjustable platform, based on my experience I would choose Proflex over the other things our team has tried. my 2 cents... |
Mike Ball Godlike Moderator Location: Simi Valley,Ca. Join Date: 07/15/2011 Age: Ancient Posts: 466 Rally Car: Nope...I wish...RWD 2 Door Jeep XJ 4.0 5-spd Dirt-o-cross car(we have no grass!)2.3 ZX3 rallyx car(sold) |
Hmm...reillydog..name sounded familiar.....
Oh yeah..remembered you from a Focusfanatic link with these pics/videos posted: 
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