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Hello all, 

I'm currently in the process of getting parts together to fit to my car ready for fitting and alignment. I have some thoughts as the best setup for track, time attack, sprints etc but want to confirm i'm going about it the right way. 

The parts I'll get:

R33 rear cradle - with offset bushes and possibly a reinforcing kit 

GKTech front upper control arms for camber adjustment 

Whiteline front and rear anti roll bars 

I was going to modify the front upper control mounts to be the same as the nismo items - to gain hopefully even better front geometry when combined with adjustable upper arms.

Adjustable rear upper arms to change rear camber 

Any thoughts on fitting front R33 lower control arms or should i think about roll centre adjusters for the standard arms?

I have the usual front and rear strut braces, coilovers etc. big brakes being fitted shortly. 

At this stage i'm avoiding fitting a cage but might in the future - however I may fit a A piller brace set from ultraracing.. 

The mods listed are inspired from SAU and other sites on the web. I'd like to have the car setup as well as possible from the get go and then just tweek from there.

Thanks 

 

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Mostly good.  Couple of things to keep in mind.

  • R33 subframe will mean you need a later model (R33/4 /S14) rear cover for the diff to mount to it.
  • R33 rear upper arms are different to R32.
  • If you get adjustable rear uppers you really should also get the rear tension rods too.  So you can control the toe change on suspension movement.
  • If you get Whiteline adjustable ARBs get the heavy duty end links too.
  • I won't comment on changing lower front arms to R33.
  • If you haven't already got them, get some front caster arms with ball ends. Much better than any other choice on the front and you will be able to take advantage of the Nismo upper arm mount mod and GKTech upper arms to wind on as much caster as you can before wearing holes in the inner guard liners.  Oddly enough, I have just bought these arms, and some spare mounts to weld up and drill.  They're sitting on the desk at home while I languish on a cement plant on the other side of the planet!  I look forward to fitting them when I get home......sometime before Xmas.
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On 9/30/2017 at 1:09 PM, GTSBoy said:
  • If you haven't already got them, get some front caster arms with ball ends. Much better than any other choice on the front and you will be able to take advantage of the Nismo upper arm mount mod and GKTech upper arms to wind on as much caster as you can before wearing holes in the inner guard liners.  Oddly enough, I have just bought these arms, and some spare mounts to weld up and drill.  They're sitting on the desk at home while I languish on a cement plant on the other side of the planet!  I look forward to fitting them when I get home......sometime before Xmas.

 

Following up on this for posterity.

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