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Hey all..

At the moment my launches are being hampered by the rear wheels 'skipping' when I drop the clutch down the quarter. So I'm looking for a couple of mild upgrades to improve handling a bit.

Got a front strut brace, getting a set of pineapples soon - and possibly the rear sway bar too.

I seem to remember reading on a thread somewhere around here that upgrading the rear sway bar was a good thing for the Skyline. Anyone care to confirm this or tell me it's a good/bad thing to consider?

Thanks!

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Rear stabiliser bar won't do anything for launches, pineaplles would be my first suggestion. If that doens't fix it then you have a spring rate versus shock rebound damping problem.

For going round corners, a front and rear stabiliser bar upgrade is THE single most cost effective handling improvement you can make.:)

Cheers SK. Got standard springs / shocks at the moment and seeing as the car sees a track once in a blue moon I think I'm happy leaving it as is at the moment. Hopefully the pineapples will help me out.

I'll probably leave the stabiliser upgrades for a while..

Cheers SK. Got standard springs / shocks at the moment and seeing as the car sees a track once in a blue moon I think I'm happy leaving it as is at the moment. Hopefully the pineapples will help me out.

I'll probably leave the stabiliser upgrades for a while..

Ahhh, standard springs are OK, actually quite good for drag work. But standard shocks, even when new, don't have the rebound valving to control the spring oscillations. And after a few k's...............well it's all downhill from there:cheers:

Ahhh, standard springs are OK, actually quite good for drag work.  But standard shocks, even when new, don't have the rebound valving to control the spring oscillations.  And after a few k's...............well it's all downhill from there:cheers:

Hi Sydneykid, I'm not very clever on the suspension side of things but you note the standard springs are pretty much fine for the average joe on the drag strip.

What do you suggest would be a decent upgrade in shocks?

And then in time what would be a good setup in springs? springs rates and all that?

http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/catalogues/WLA_02.pdf

Page 62

8/93-2/98 R33 GTS RWD

BNF24 R 24 C

BNR11 R 20 C

BNF24X X R 27 C

BNR11X X R 22 C

BNF24Z A R 24 D

BNR11Z A R 20 D

B= Stabilser Bar

N = Nissan

F = Front

R = Rear

X = Heavy duty

XX = Extra heavy duty

Z = Adjustable

:)

for those interested, i got thi mail back from whiteline in regards to sway bars ..

Your best bang for your buck improvement you can make to this suspension

is to fit the matched front and rear Blade adjustable swaybars listed in

the Handling Pack. I suggest that you also consider the other parts

listed on the Handling Pack as your start point - these are the front

caster kit KCA331 and rear camber adjusting bush kit KCA347. A link to

the Fact Sheet and a couple of articles follows:

http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/fact_shee...line_R33GTS.PDF

http://www.whiteline.com.au/articles/HPI_1..._Skyline01a.htm

http://www.whiteline.com.au/Project/skylin...ineR33gts-t.htm

A quote for the bars including courier delivery to your door follows:

Shopping Cart - Check Out

Qty. Code Description AU$

BNR11Z H/duty swaybar-rr Blade adjust. 234.55

Update

BNF24Z H/duty swaybar-fr Blade adjust. 234.55

Update

Value of goods: $469.09

Shipping: $23.00

Australian GST: $49.21

GRAND TOTAL:

AU$541.30

cheers

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