Can hellaflush be done "right"

[switchlanez]

Originally Posted by switchlanez

My buddy is stuck.

Update: So my buddy found a fix this afternoon lol



Hellastock. Driveable is everything.

[blur]

Originally Posted by switchlanez

Hellastock. Driveable is everything.

*Resale lol

[Draco-REX]

Flush, just not "hella"








EDIT: Actually, it's Hella-Functional.

[Draco-REX]

Originally Posted by LSxJunkie

Perfect. But is your front higher than the rear or is that just the way you're parked?

It's the way the fenders are cut and the camera angle. I've actually lowered the front more than the rear. RCE Blacks are 15mm front and 10mm rear drop. Then a set of RCE lowering front camber plates drop the front another 10mm.

Side shot:

[WingsofWar]

^ beautiful wheels and tire sizes. I personally would have gone a bit lower in stance to improve the aesthetics of the car. But that fitment is spot on.

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by Draco-REX

It's the way the fenders are cut and the camera angle. I've actually lowered the front more than the rear. RCE Blacks are 15mm front and 10mm rear drop. Then a set of RCE lowering front camber plates drop the front another 10mm.

Side shot:

Nice setup! Personally, I would go also lowered it a bit more, reducing that the wheel gap.

Something similar to this.

[mastawyrm]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

^ beautiful wheels and tire sizes. I personally would have gone a bit lower in stance to improve the aesthetics of the car. But that fitment is spot on.

I disagree, I think its perfect because the gap is exactly the same all the way round from the front to the top to the back of the wheel well. Equidistant is always perfect aesthetics IMO

[TylerLieberman]

Originally Posted by RRnold

Nice setup! Personally, I would go also lowered it a bit more, reducing that the wheel gap.

Something similar to this.

^^Awesome. Hate the aero on the car, but love the stance

[Draco-REX]

To be fair, I didn't go flush for looks. I did it to fit 255s under the fenders. That car is all suspension and maximizing street grip. So the ride height is on purpose. It's low enough to improve the handling without moving the suspension into a range that hurts the handling. The addiional front drop moves the roll centers, comparatively, into a range that helps counter the designed in understeer.

So it's form following function.

[RWDJunkie]

I prefer the fitment on the black WRX. That's my kind of wheel 'n tire setup.

Originally Posted by RRnold

For LSxJunkie! :happy0180:

Now as far as stretch goes, I think the FD's stretch is excessive while the Corvette has the right amount.

[Doric]

Originally Posted by RWDJunkie

I prefer the fitment on the black WRX. That's my kind of wheel 'n tire setup.

Now as far as stretch goes, I think the FD's stretch is excessive while the Corvette has the right amount.

Agreed on all accounts.

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by Draco-REX

To be fair, I didn't go flush for looks. I did it to fit 255s under the fenders. That car is all suspension and maximizing street grip. So the ride height is on purpose. It's low enough to improve the handling without moving the suspension into a range that hurts the handling. The addiional front drop moves the roll centers, comparatively, into a range that helps counter the designed in understeer.

So it's form following function.

I agree if that car is on the track at least 80% of the time. Why dial in a suspension for the street?

[Doric]

Originally Posted by RRnold

I agree if that car is on the track at least 80% of the time. Why dial in a suspension for the street?

I can't speak for anyone but myself on this, but I'm very concerned about my suspension setup and how it handles on the street.

I don't spend a lot of time on the track - and surely never on a road course with my current toy - but every time I get frisky with it on the street, I think it's going to kill me.

Almost 700rwhp on 275-series tires.

[Draco-REX]

Originally Posted by RRnold

I agree if that car is on the track at least 80% of the time. Why dial in a suspension for the street?

A couple reasons. I wanted a suspension that would carve corners on the street and wouldn't hold me back if when I take it to an AutoX or Track day. Now I could go with a dedicated AutoX or Track setup, but it'd beat the hell out of me on the street and wouldn't corner worth a damn on rough public roads. (bounciness is NOT good for handling)

Street performance is important to me also because I sometimes head down to Hocking Hills, OH and the Triple Nickel (Rt. 555). The Hocking Hills area is just rife with tight twisty roads and 55mph speed limits and 555 is Ohio's Tail of the Dragon (which I plan to visit this year).

It's whole different ball of wax to set up a car for street performance, but it was a lot of fun to do. Part way through my build, my front sway was too big for the street because I could feel the inside tire skipping across the ripples in the pavement at the apex of turns. After finishing it isn't as much of an issue. And that came dow to slight changes in geometry.

On roads like the Triple Nickel, I'll put my car with a mild drop and struts against anything slammed on coilovers with stupidly high spring rates any day. And I'll finish the day with less back pain too.

To me, suspension tuning is so much more interesting than engine tuning.